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Originally Posted by Hawk
I'm not sure how your ISP handles these situations, but both of my notifications included emails forwarded from the copyright holders to my ISP with the IP address and what was being uploaded (torrented). My ISP did not provide my info to the copyright holders, but if they cut me off they would provide that info.
I wouldn't worry much about it unless you actually get sued. They threaten to sue everyone and their mothers to convince you to settle out of court. Unless they choose to make an example of you, that's probably as far as it will go.
Downloading copyrighted material is legal, uploading it is not.
I also don't think I'd rely on the idea that a private tracker would keep me safe. If I can get an account, MAFIAA members surely could too.
This.
Next time when downloading pr0n, get a good vpn and give them the finger.
Originally Posted by Hawk
When I was young I learned that sharing is caring.
Then I grew up and learned that sharing is stealing.
Ok Hawk, don't fall into this trap. An example:
James Murdoch: illegal downloading no different from stealing a handbag | Media | guardian.co.uk
This guy says downloading illegally is the same as stealing a handbag. Except, when you steal the handbag and have it in your possession it's gone from the previous owner. When you download something, the previous owner still has his or her own copy he or she can still benefit from. It's definitely different.
The downloading is stealing metaphor is basically brought to life by the proverbial appendix, if you will, of the various businesses that have been blindsided by the internet. Basically, middlemen are not that needed anymore: any single artist, entertainer, author or whatever else that can produce content an get this to the market (which is exactly what he or she wants) in much easier ways, therefore reducing the actual cost to produce and therefore the amount that has to be sold to break even and start profiting.
Another point, we used to be able to buy CDs at, say, $10 a pop. $20 at most. CDs consist of wave tracks which are totally uncompressed audio files, coming in at an average of 50 MBs a pop 500 MBS for a 10 track cd. You can definitely hear the difference between a cd and an mp3, difference whih will be much more pronounced if you have the proper equipment. But today the audio industry (read: middlemen) want us to buy an 5MB mp3 at $1. Buy the whole disc for $10 to get 10 tracks. You basically get 50MBs instead of the 500MBs if you bought the physical copy for the same price. Except, you don't get a physical disc you can put in your bookshelf; it's delivered to you digitally. Previously you could lend this cd to a friend that he or she could benefit as well from. Nowadays this action is considered a crime, because if you lend your frined the mp3s you bought you still have them on your computer, therefore both of you could get benefit of the same copy.
Copying is not stealing, it's copying. The whole "you wouldn't steal a car" ad series was a total sham.
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