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gt37
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 Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:26 am Post subject: J:COM letter warning not to dwnld copyrighted stuff |
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| I recently received a letter from my IP(J:COM) not to download copyrighted stuff via my p2p software. Personally, I don't think it's any of their (f'n) business what I do on my own pc, but was wondering if they would cut my service if I didn't comply with their request. Any thoughts? |
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Khyron
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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Location: Tokyo Metro City
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| Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:20 am Post subject: Re: J:COM letter warning not to dwnld copyrighted stuff |
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| gt37 wrote: |
| I recently received a letter from my IP(J:COM) not to download copyrighted stuff via my p2p software. Personally, I don't think it's any of their (f'n) business what I do on my own pc, but was wondering if they would cut my service if I didn't comply with their request. Any thoughts? |
What language was it in?
Seriously, how could they know what you are downloading? They can find out how much bandwidth you are using, but that's it (as far as I know). |
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womblingfree
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| Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds like it's just a general mail out to its customers.
There's slightly less chance of being prosecuted for downloading stuff as there is of being killed by a falling meteorite. |
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gt37
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| Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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| The letter was in Japanese(my wife translated it). They knew exactly the stuff I downloaded(names of movies) and their IP addresses too. Since they are my IP provider I'm sure they can monitor anyone that uses their server. Sucks! Feel like I'm in the US under the Bush regime... |
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JimDunlop2
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Change providers. |
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fmorris
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| Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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Same thing happened to a friend of him. The RIAA (or maybe a similar agency in japan) put up movies on these file sharing thingies like bait. You download, they catch your IP and then contact your service provider and try to strong arm them into cancelling you.
My friend got a letter just like your from time warner. When he did not stop downloading stuff they canceled his account for a violation of terms of service. He moved to another provider. |
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Khyron
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| fmorris wrote: |
Same thing happened to a friend of him. The RIAA (or maybe a similar agency in japan) put up movies on these file sharing thingies like bait. You download, they catch your IP and then contact your service provider and try to strong arm them into cancelling you.
My friend got a letter just like your from time warner. When he did not stop downloading stuff they canceled his account for a violation of terms of service. He moved to another provider. |
So the question is... how can we avoid this invasion of privacy? Will using certain settings in a firewall hide our IP address, and what are internet actions are? Are there any internet savvy folk out there who can give a good answer to this? |
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skirmish
Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Try downloading a program called PeerGaurdian.
It blocks nasty people from watching you...
Surprising how much stuff it catches. |
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