Bittorrent & Bsa, Protect Yourself and be carefull

[jackofall]

Posted by Sons_Of_Liberty on http://www.sharelive.com/

BitTorrent is not a secure means for peer to peer. The BSA(business software alliance) monitors BitTorrent. There is a large number of complaints about users downloading / sharing items over bit torrent and the BSA is finding them.

The BSA monitors every BitTorrent transfer made on the net. if you have used BitTorrent for an illegal transfer, your IP is known to the BSA and you have been branded as a software pirate. they are issuing reports to providers and demanding identities and that service be discontinued. and they're not the only ones.

To gather evidence the RIAA will use software that scans for directories (folders) made available in P2P networks. When it finds such directories, it downloads some of the available files and records the date and time. The RIAA then uses publically available information to identify the computer user's ISP, from which it will obtain the user's name and address.

BBC News Post (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3021126.stm#graphic)

The US record industry is planning to sue people who swap music over the internet.
Starting on Thursday, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) says, it will gather evidence against users of "peer-to-peer" software such as Kazaa, and file $150,000 (£90,000) lawsuits against them.

The RIAA says its sales have been hit hard by the software, which allows users to swap music, films, and other files over the internet.

But the president of one peer-to-peer site blasted the RIAA threat as counter-productive.
"When you start suing all your customers, it's not going to leave a good taste in their mouths," Wayne Rosso, of Grokster, told BBC News Online.
"They're out of their minds," he said.


The RIAA - whose members include AOL Time Warner, Vivendi Universal, Sony, Bertelsmann and EMI - says it will target the heaviest users of song-swapping services.

How could filesharers be tracked? Click here to see a graphic
Its president, Cary Sherman, said: "We're going to begin taking names and preparing lawsuits against peer-to-peer network users who are illegally making available a substantial number of music files to millions of other computer users."

[berks]

that just sucks it would be nice if all the P2Pers out there stopped buying from these labels for awhile to show them exactly what can happen when they start suing people. There are a lot more of use then them.

[tdkyo]

I wouldn't recommand downloading any type of movie screeners or workprint in which the movie was released date was lot long ago.(Terminator 3 type of stuff. Released not long ago) The MPAA is especially targeting users downloading cam screeners but interestingly not dvd rips. Just download "unpopular" files and you would be a little safer.

[jay-jay]

Do you think it would be wise to download latest TV Show episodes off BT, or do you think its pushing it? I'm just asking becuase the last thing i want is a C&D letter in the post. Im not dumb enough to get the latest blockbuster movies or games like T3 or Matrix Reloaded, thats suicide. Just wondering if you guys think getting a tv episode is risky or not?

[m3wthr33]

I've always believed TV shows were exempt from copyright law since they've been aired on public waves and trading vhs tapes isn't illegal.
Pay-per-view is different.

[geffers]

come on people show a bit of backbone here if everyone behaves in this way the riaa and their cronies will walk this without so much as a decent struggle.
just download whatever you want whenever you want i havent changed my d/loading habbits and i have no intention of doing so either.
if your isp sacks you just get another whats the point in p2p if you dont download new and popular stuff just go for it.

[Roadblock]

Unfortuinately Geff, it's not that simple for eveyone. I fully plan on fighting back, and will keep downloading and sharing, but it is a risky business. If getting kicked off of an ISP was all there was at stake, then no one would buckle at all. I doubt the RIAA will go after many people, as it would be suicide, but they aren't very smart, or are just desperate enough to do it anyway. They got billions of $ at stake after all, even though they get it unfairly an in what should be illegal ways. Keep sharing, but vigilant at the same time. We can still win in the end. ;)

[Satan]

Downloading stolen/pirated software and movies aren't guaraunteed to me by my country's constitution. Maybe if you liberate it to the point of meaninglessness, but no, it's not a right or something that's even remotely necessary for survival. Therefore, I don't see anything in it that's worth fighting for. I'm not risking a prison sentence for bad movies and warez.

Private DC++ hubs, occasional SoulSeeking, and newsgroups are all I want.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Wow..thank god I only used bittorrent once in the last few weeks

But that was yesterday!

Ehh..one thing, they wont catch a guy like that

[ABOU (old account)]

just as usuall there is another thing for the RIAA to use agaist the file share comunity.

i am glad you posted this i am very weiry of downlaoading lately i dont use kazaa and now the torrent is not even safe i dont know what next eh

[berks]

so what are all of you out there using to download now instead?

[ABOU (old account)]

E-mule it is a very reliable prog .29c is now available get it off the main page

piolet is the best for music piolet (http://www.piolet.com)

[Evil_Dweller_01]

I use Shareaza to download stuff off of edonkey2000

I even wait till some of the stuff from bittorrent is released on sharelive in the G2 section..

Doesnt bother me to wait a couple extra days

G2 has been gaining content like crazy lately

[nasrules]

Originally posted by m3wthr33
I've always believed TV shows were exempt from copyright law since they've been aired on public waves and trading vhs tapes isn't illegal.
Pay-per-view is different.

Actually, I believe that recording from the radio and TV is actually illegal if you sell/swap the tapes.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by nasrules
Actually, I believe that recording from the radio and TV is actually illegal if you sell/swap the tapes.

Ya but if you dont sell/swap tapes you can do it all you want

I believe somebody brought that up in court in defending p2p...if people can do that why can't they p2p?

Or something like that...

[nasrules]

I think it'd be OK if we recorded from Internet Radio............now there's an idea!

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Hahaha.. I used to record songs from the radio station onto a cassette..

*remembers sad times*

[jay-jay]

Originally posted by Evil_Dweller_01
Hahaha.. I used to record songs from the radio station onto a cassette..

*remembers sad times*

LoL i used to do the same thing, i still have a cassette in my Hi-fi with old radio tracks on :D

[berks]

i only ask because there has been a lot of cracking down on P2Pers in my town. And i want a good P2P to use.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by jay-jay
LoL i used to do the same thing, i still have a cassette in my Hi-fi with old radio tracks on :D

Same here lol

They are on my desk..stuck somewhere in a corner :p

[philgorp]

i remember recording the rockford files theme on a three inch reel to reel from an am station! :D :D :D :cool:

[ABOU (old account)]

i only ask because there has been a lot of cracking down on P2Pers in my town. And i want a good P2P to use.

i hear that waste is a very secure p2p app but i think just staying away from the 1million user progs is the safest option try a smaller comunity that is yet to be bothered like ares very good

alternitivly private hubs on DC may be the way to go but im not to knowing about this

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Ya I heard about WASTE also but I think a lot of people said its hard to manage..and connect to

I'm not sure..I'll have to give it a try at some point

[ABOU (old account)]

DWELER if you want info on WASTE then speak to fisty he is big in to it knows alot about it

it is hard to connect to you need to get invited in to some chanels i dont use it but i will find a bigger need to in the futre im ssure of that

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Ya that's why i said I'll wait before I use it

I'll wait until the occasion calls for it...hopefully never :)

[E E]

It's old it's still kicking.

IRC


If it aint on IRC it aint on the net.


Can I get a "Hell Yeah".

(Damn I think that phrase is probably copyright. C & D here I come)

[The Boinker]

thats another 5 bucks for me. suckas.


yeah, i dont p2p much anymore, but when i do, its all private shibbby like waste, FTP, IRC private rooms, and the like. then again, comcast seems to catch on because after particularly fitful days (couple o gigs in 10 hours or so) they always disconnect me for about 1 minute at a time over and over again (*******s)

[leahzero]

theflinger - Really? Comcast has been doing the same thing to me too lately. I thought it was just them being unreliable, never guessed they might've been deliberately trying to shake me off. Wow. Savvy.

[Link]

Originally posted by E E
It's old it's still kicking.

IRC


If it aint on IRC it aint on the net.


Can I get a "Hell Yeah".

(Damn I think that phrase is probably copyright. C & D here I come)


its so true


but the thing with me is that im networked through my bro's computer, so i cant connect to most computers unless i use kazaa, or BT. Even if i do, i get a poor download rate.

[The Boinker]

Originally posted by leahzero
theflinger - Really? Comcast has been doing the same thing to me too lately. I thought it was just them being unreliable, never guessed they might've been deliberately trying to shake me off. Wow. Savvy.

lol i dont really know, but thats just my guessing :)