[muglo] Re: New copyright legislation
- From: Dave Knight <dave@xxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 09:18:56 -0400
Downloading of copyrighted media like music, video and games is typically done
using p2p (Peer To Peer) protocols like BitTorrent. When using p2p your client
isn't pulling the media from a central server, rather it pulls a list of the
addresses of computers just like yours which contain pieces of the media you
want. Your client then gathers all of the pieces from those and puts them back
together.
The clue was in the middle of that: "a list of the addresses..which contain
pieces of the media"
So, the security company hired by the lawyers who work for Big Media just need
to craft a special client which isn't interested in downloading the media so
much as it is in gathering the addresses of computers offering up downloads of
the copyrighted works.
With such a list they can know which network (company, college campus, ISP,
etc) the address belongs to, but not which individual user, so the next step is
to go subpoena the operator of a network and have him disclose to you which
user was allocated the offending address at the time of the observed
infringement, then go get them.
dave
On 2010-06-04, at 7:50 AM, Wayne Dobson wrote:
> Most won't get to court: For a $1,000 fine, it doesn't make sense to hire a
> $10,000 lawyer, so most will settle out of court. My concern is how they
> obtained the IP addresses of the downloaders. Might be a good question for
> Dave at the meeting.
>
> On Jun 4, 2010, at 7:30 AM, joseph nolan wrote:
>
>> They are doing this while defending their own suit? Good luck with that.
>> Joe Nolan
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On 2010-06-04, at 5:12 AM, Wayne Dobson <pwdobson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> The producers of The Hurt Locker have obtained the names of 5,000 people
>>> who downloaded the film and intend to prosecute.
>>>
>>>>
>
> Wayne Dobson
> pwdobson@xxxxxxxxxx
> (519) 474-1253 res.
> (519) 860-2725 cell
>
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