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March 16, 2004
RIAA Monitoring BitTorrent?
Posted by Ernest Miller
I've assumed that the RIAA was monitoring BitTorrent downloader/uploaders. Now I've come across this report (not sure how credible it is) of such monitoring: Bit Torrent downloading:
So here I am, downloading through various torrent apps, various music torrents, all probably illegal. My first day, so I've learned the ropes, a little, and already blocked Sony North America, The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, RIAA and some others, I didn't recognise late last night. They were scanning my torrents, looking down my ports, or trying to.
Of course, I'm still sort of wondering why we haven't seen many DMCA notice-and-takedowns for BitTorrent seeding sites yet.
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Ernest Miller pursues research and writing on cyberlaw, intellectual property, and First Amendment issues. Mr. Miller attended the U.S. Naval Academy before attending Yale Law School, where he was president and co-founder of the Law and Technology Society, and founded the technology law and policy news site LawMeme. He is a fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
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1. Exhilaration on March 16, 2004 07:13 PM writes...
A close friend of mine got a letter from his ISP (Cablevision / Optimum Online) notifying him that the MPAA had contacted them about a movie he had downloaded via BitTorrent.
Considering that BitTorrent's "swarming download" method exposes everyone's IP address to everyone else, this isn't surprising.
Permalink to Comment2. Steve Hooker on March 17, 2004 07:13 PM writes...
Yes, it is credible, I wrote the item. And, day two of BT downloading, I'm still blocking all sorts of people trying to 'get me.' BSA.org and someone called FTP Software, Inc, being the latest.
I can see the day when, along side the download part of RSS+BitTorrent in Radio Userland, there's a blocker which fetches current IP lists as does http://www.peerGarden.net, as well as a torrent maker and server. With hundreds of thousands of seeders, makers, downloaders, all successfully blocking the RIAA from identifying who/what/when this broadcatching may really take off.
Of course, illegal file sharing isn't the only use of this technology, sharing personal, or (small) business videos has interested one of my clients already.
Permalink to Comment3. Ernest Miller on March 17, 2004 07:17 PM writes...
No offense meant. I just don't know you.
Permalink to Comment4. Legion on March 17, 2004 08:28 PM writes...
I can (re)assure you that Steve Hooke is TOTALLY credible!!
Permalink to Comment5. mike on April 5, 2004 08:00 AM writes...
so what's the deal, not safe to use bittorent to download?
Permalink to Comment6. Ernest Miller on April 5, 2004 10:43 AM writes...
Well, if you are downloading unauthorized copyrighted material, then don't think that using BitTorrent will keep you from being sued.
Permalink to Comment7. Steve Hooker on August 14, 2004 10:20 PM writes...
What will keep you from being sued, is using a port blocker, to stop these people looking down your ports
See: http://methlabs.org/
Permalink to Comment8. do3sn't matter on August 15, 2004 08:31 AM writes...
not only is riaa/mpaa monitoring bittorrent, ed2k, and fastrack. they are also spending millions hiring anti-p2p firms like baytsp to do the work for them.
Permalink to Commentthe best thing to do is deploy a NAT router between urself (lan) from the net (wan) so all ur ports are automatically unreachable unless u foward them to internal ips intentionally. this way , not only are u blocking all ur ports, the chances are that ur router won't even send back a port closed reply so their scans will be useless. next u need to protect ur outbound connects with an ip filter locally on ur clients or on a network firewall and/or router. get a list for ur ipfilter from peergaurdian, methlabs, or any other. and then u can up and down without worries.
fuck the mpaa/riaa and any other motherfucker that would try use legal muscle to push hard working people into settlements to avoid legal bills.
those assholes deserve to be publicly caned up to the brink of death.
regardless of copyright laws, uploading and downloading any information is constitutionally protected by the freedoms of speech and information. nothing should be able to change that. but it will change and it is changing because most people trust the US gov blindly.
and when they realize, it will be too late.
feds will execute nationwide electronic wiretaps,
using all the power we give them against us.
and for what? to fight terrorism, ha ha. a fuckin joke. they are the terrorists, liers, and theifs.
9. doesn't matter on August 15, 2004 08:33 AM writes...
sorry bout that. clicked on the form send a couple of times by accident.
Permalink to Commentsorry
:)
10. kbtat2 on August 27, 2004 03:53 PM writes...
Is there a way to block your IP address from being seen?
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