Hello Afterdawn,
I've been torrenting for a while now, and recently my internet was shut down for a day or two because I was caught. My internet provider new the exact name of the film, even though I had downloaded around 15 other films, they only mentioned one of them. Once the film was deleted, my internet connection was restored. Anyone know how this may have happened? Is there any way to prevent this in the future?
It happened because many company's spy on download's for the MPAA and notify them who then notify your ISP and they notify you with the detail's. An ip blocker will help but isn't 100%, get Peer Guardian or if on Vista, their beta and you'll be amazed how many.
Depend's where you live and their policy but yes they could or even worse, the MPAA could go after you. Hard to prove their case but can sure cause a royal screw up. For example, Canada doesn't recognize US copyright law on video yet but I'm guessing an ISP would close an account just because of constant notification's.
Alright, well how did they find out? Did the torrent itself have some spy thing in it or...? And does this only happen with video only or can it happen with games, programs, music, etc.? Hopefully this doesn't happen again.
Company's spying on you while you DL/UL is how, torrent's or client's don't report on you. These company's can see what, where, when, how much, etc. When you download a copyrighted movie, that's illegal and you have possession of it but by Bittorrent's very nature, uploading is distributing copyrighted material but in conjunction with other's, almost impossible to prove who did what but the MPAA keep trying. I see the RIAA is trying to get ISP's to police themselve's now but they don't want to pay the ISP to do it. It will happen with all type's of media, not sure but maybe less with game's. On a side note, year's ago I was notified about downloading a movie and got Peer Guardian and was never notified again in a couple of thousand download's of video and music. That said, don't rely on PG, like I said it isn't 100%.
