ever get caught by the government?
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krypus




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PostPosted: Mon, 13th Feb 2006 20:36    Post subject: ever get caught by the government?
hey have you guys ever gotten caught by the government by downloading stuff with bittorrent? my sister downloaded the goblet of fire a few months ago and optimum online sent us a letter stating they know blah blah blah and remove it immediatly so we wont be fined. did this happen to anybody? what do you do to hide yourself? im scared now.
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deelix
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PostPosted: Mon, 13th Feb 2006 20:36    Post subject:
You got to be american (?)
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nouseforaname
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PostPosted: Mon, 13th Feb 2006 20:38    Post subject:
They're coming for you!

Quick, destroy your computer!

Wink

Solution is don't use P2P in the USA if you're worried.


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krypus




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PostPosted: Mon, 13th Feb 2006 20:42    Post subject:
then what should i use...? is IRC the same?
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Mutantius
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PostPosted: Mon, 13th Feb 2006 20:42    Post subject:
Happened to my cousin switch to a secure P2P ressource for a while. And no they are not going to storm your house and set your sata disc on fire Wink


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sTo0z
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PostPosted: Mon, 13th Feb 2006 20:43    Post subject:
They will probably protect your privacy, just want you to stop doing that, but they still want your business (aka. your money;))


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krypus




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PostPosted: Mon, 13th Feb 2006 20:44    Post subject:
whats a secure p2p resource im so confused Confused
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Cheez-It




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PostPosted: Mon, 13th Feb 2006 20:46    Post subject:
I actually had a question regarding this.

When using BT to download a file, you

A.) Download the file and
B.) Upload tiny parts of the file to different people.

Because you never upload an entire thing (unless you seed it for a long time) would this even be prosecutable?


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Macknu




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PostPosted: Mon, 13th Feb 2006 20:47    Post subject:
Happens here in sweden too, the thing here is that the organisation that sends the letters have no juridiction to do jack shit so they send warnings and then maybe another and they probably get tired of it after awhile.
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Mutantius
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PostPosted: Mon, 13th Feb 2006 20:49    Post subject:
krypus wrote:
whats a secure p2p resource im so confused Confused


A "safe" P2P ressource is the ones where you dont have to upload to leech.


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Esel_Gesi
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PostPosted: Mon, 13th Feb 2006 20:51    Post subject:
Cheez-It wrote:
I actually had a question regarding this.

When using BT to download a file, you

A.) Download the file and
B.) Upload tiny parts of the file to different people.

Because you never upload an entire thing (unless you seed it for a long time) would this even be prosecutable?


If that were the case then you would see ftp servers with 1/2 the rars and cooresponding ones with the other rars. Very Happy


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AnimalMother




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PostPosted: Mon, 13th Feb 2006 20:59    Post subject:
I think the whole thing is copyrighted, so even a small amount of data transfer is an infraction.


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Cheez-It




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PostPosted: Mon, 13th Feb 2006 21:01    Post subject:
But if the data in question (the small pieces) don't do anything on their own, like they can't be viewed by themselves...

But yeah, I know the argument falls flat it would be cool if it didn't... or if we took a cue from the frenchies


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slashface




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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 20:19    Post subject:
never been caught and im american lol

no one wants to know how much money i "saved"


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deelix
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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 20:23    Post subject:

Norwegian police, come take me please Smile
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snoop1050
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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 20:31    Post subject:
lol deelix u photshop that for sure or it would say PB not TB surely?

highest uploader on the torrent site i use only has
Code:
Uploaded   9.30 TB
Downloaded   459.67 GB
Share ratio   
20.71    
Internet Speed   Download: 100Mbit 100Mbit Upload: 100Mbit 100Mbit

totals for the site i use.
this is why you shouldnt flame people for using torrents everyone Laughing ,really good site, hope it never gets shut down
Code:
Seeders   24,226
Leechers   2,503
Seeder/leecher ratio (%)   968
Total Downloaded   1.60 PB
Total Uploaded   2.27 PB
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Dazz99




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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 20:32    Post subject:
Fuck me that's a good site Smile
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nouseforaname
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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 20:32    Post subject:
nothing like mininova Wink


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snoop1050
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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 20:35    Post subject:
i dont use mininova, isnt that one of the sites that is easy to become a member of?

btw to thread starter ,you might want to get your sister to install peerguardian , dont know how much it actually helps but i guess its better than nothing
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nouseforaname
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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 20:36    Post subject:
you don't even have to be a member

just search and click.

it's slow as fuck, but since I barely use torrents, I can wait a few hours for the odd mp3 album that I can't find elsewhere.


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nouseforaname
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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 20:37    Post subject:
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Dazz99




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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 20:37    Post subject:
I think you mean demonoid ^.^ I hate that site.
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deelix
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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 20:48    Post subject:
snop1050: No, its not photoshop. I can't tell you what site it was because thats against the rules. But i can tell you i got banned after 4-5 hours.

I don't want to spread the program. More and more sites are aware of the haxxor program.
I don't overdo at sites i care a little for. Just keep it just above 1 in ratio. But its real nice for people who use bittorrent and don't want to waste half your life seeding Smile
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Dazz99




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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 20:57    Post subject:
Didn't know you could do that Sad

my upload speed is 40kbps so it's hell for me to keep ratio high.
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Demonium
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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 21:03    Post subject:
deelix wrote:

Norwegian police, come take me please Smile


RatioMaster ftw.
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snoop1050
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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 21:08    Post subject:
Dazz99 wrote:
Didn't know you could do that Sad

my upload speed is 40kbps so it's hell for me to keep ratio high.

mines only 45kb/s and i still manage easy enough , generally i will upload a few gb more than i need to the odd nite so i have some ratio in reserve for when i dont feel like seeding.

its not an option on alot of torrent sites these days though as they have installed that stupid addin that forces people to seed every torrent to 1:1 ratio or for 72hours , im sure that just encourages people to leech or set there upload to 1kb Laughing
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whoKnows
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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 21:09    Post subject:
AnimalMother wrote:
I think the whole thing is copyrighted, so even a small amount of data transfer is an infraction.


True, it doesn't matter if you only upload a tiny fraction of something. Even with sites they take the logfiles as solid evidence, even if racestats etc. can easily be manipulated.
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deelix
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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 21:42    Post subject:
Demonium said it; RatioMaster FTW.
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Dazz99




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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 22:28    Post subject:
wtf just upload yourself you sad gits!


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deelix
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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 22:42    Post subject:
Dazz99 wrote:
Shocked shit lol it works great ^.^ thanks!

I know Smile
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