[muglo] Re: New copyright legislation

  • From: Wayne Dobson <pwdobson@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 09:30:37 -0400

So, they can't track who downloads, just those who upload. But, how did the Hurt Locker team compile the downloader list? Would they do that when the downloaders stayed connected after downloading long enough to seed and be detected?


On Jun 4, 2010, at 9:18 AM, Dave Knight wrote:


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.


Wayne Dobson
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