[Freakazoid]

Originally Posted by HoustonGuy

Really? I thought it did. Damn, should I get a lawyer??

Hey you came in just to state something obvious, that torrents generally aren't legal, so I figured I should follow suit

[solefald]

For paranoid people or people who received a not-so-nice email from your ISP, try out btguard.com

My source IP now shows up that I'm from Canada

[Maestro]

Guy, using bit torrents is not illegal no said it is illegal to share as file which what they cal "hash" data that points to other files which could reside anywhere in the world. Also it not illegal to own copies of content like music or movies which you purchased no matter how you get the copy. It is also not illegal for you to give or sell people the original music or video you bought and keep a copy for yourself.

It is illegal to copy something that someone else owns the rights to and to sell or give the copies to someone else. That is what is illegal and this is the problem the content owners have. They assume you do not own the original so you do not have right to have a copy. The other issue is the nature of BT, even though you my be obtaining digital copy of something you own, it also share back out to others.

In the case of Piratebay, they do not share content they just hold a BT file with hash data in it and take no responsibility for what the users are sharing. since ever country has it own rules about content ownership.

The only way to hide is to run you internet connection through a proxy service, however many time those are very slow and some time the BT client may not work with them. Also, some BT clients have the ability to block the known content owners IP address from connecting to your computer.

Also, just because you never got a letter does not mean the content owners are not aware of what you are doing. I know of a few people who got the letters and paid since they felt they had not other choice. I person have not talk to anyone who actually ignored the letters altogether. I think the RIAA and MPAA had number of high profile casts that people do not want to fight the battle and most lawyers was huge retainer to even talk to you about these case.

Anyway, there are a number of think you can do to make it hard for them to track you, but with a little work they can still locate you. Unless you sit being and ISP who just ignores the requests.

BTW, for those who use Comcast, be warned they bought NBC and they are now a content owner so it will be interesting how they handle BT traffic and whether they will track down users sharing NBC content,

[Chewy734]

^ thanks for the writeup and explanation.

[len56]

Originally Posted by Comet

Move to Canada, where it is free and legal

yay canadia !