Comments on: IP Harvesting: Filesharers Guilty Until Proven Innocent

By: friend

friend — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:30:35 +0000

I received a notice from my isp telling me what programs i downloaded and even what time they completed downloading. 2 torrents i had finished closely together and 3 days later i got the notice saying my internet service would be turned off in 7 business days if i did not call to explain my actions. the letter cited some part of their contract i supposedly signed when i signed up for their service. all i have to say is *WOW*

By: DuckPunk.com » Blog Archive » Guilty Until Proven Innocent?

DuckPunk.com » Blog Archive » Guilty Until Proven Innocent? — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:21:52 +0000

[...] Until Proven Innocent? A new article was recently published on the behavior of fake RIAA and MPAA trackers which says that the organizations have "no [...]

By: » Os caÃ§a-”piratas” alemÃ£es

» Os caÃ§a-”piratas” alemÃ£es — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:58:14 +0000

[...] Em vez de fazer como as suas cÃ³ngeneres norte-americanas, a BayTSP – mais utilizada pela MPAA – e a MediaSentry – a cujos serviÃ§os a RIAA recorre amiÃºde vezesÂ – que empregam sistemas automÃ¡ticos de monitorizaÃ§Ã£o das redes de partilha de ficheiros de fiabilidade diminuta, a Promedia prefere fazer as coisas “a la pata”. Para tal, dispÃµes de um batalhÃ£o de cerca de 120 pessoas a inspeccionar redes como a FastTrack do KaZaa e a Soulseek em busca de utilizadores que cometam violaÃ§Ãµes dos direitos de autor: 86 pessoas para a pesquisa manual de ficheiros mais 30 controleiros em regime de contrato temporÃ¡rio. Eis-nos perante uma nova profissÃ£o com perspectivas de carreira fulgurantes: ser controleiro da rede e incriminar indivÃduos que apenas querem compartilhar os seus discos rÃgidos! [...]

By: The Corporate Enemies of Filesharers | TorrentFreak

The Corporate Enemies of Filesharers | TorrentFreak — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:25:37 +0000

[...] Silicon Valley based BayTSP trumpets its ability to identify and track infringing content on the internet and take it down. They do a lot of tracking of content distributed via the BitTorrent protocol and regularly send out copyright infringement notices (link PDF) to users via their ISP, ordering the content to be taken down. BayTSP also claim to be able to track first uploaders of copyright works on the BitTorrent and eDonkey networks via their ‘First Source’ technology. It is unclear how this system operates but it is believed to be relatively primitive – BayTSP searches for filenames (in torrents or ed2k links) which imply infringing content and then download the content to confirm that is indeed the case. The user’s ISP would then be contacted with a takedown demand in the usual way . The quality of the methods used by BayTSP appear suspect in certain situations. [...]

By: Colin

Colin — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:21:49 +0000

by letting them click on a link like this:
http://tracker.com:12345/announce?info_hash=579CC43E4D6.

Or even without clicking on a link:
[img width="1" height="1" style="visiblity: hidden" src="http://tracker.com:12345/announce..."]
(change [ and ] to html tags).

By: Killswitch

Killswitch — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:49:59 +0000

I have checked some of the tracker address from Fenopy through WhoIs, and some really do not seem to me to be fake.

One site on the list, http://bitseeker.sixth.biz was reported as a fake tracker, but the owner of the site also owns a IP Proxy website, changeip.com.

if you whois.net sixth.biz you can get the owners phone number, he lives in California. Someone call him and ask about it :p

There is a tracker listed with the domain root of jkub.com, and their whois information is private, which leads me to believe that this is a fake (its registered with Network Solutions).

By: » RIAA DMCA Notices Based On Flimsy, Easily Falsified Evidence kizo interesting info

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:47:15 +0000

[...] It’s unlikely that this will come as a shock to, well, anyone, but it turns out that the RIAA (or companies RIAA members have hired) will blast off DMCA notices with extremely weak evidence (found via Torrent Freak). In fact, it’s possible to do absolutely nothing wrong, but still get yourself a DMCA notice. Even worse, the article explains how to get someone else accused of unauthorized file sharing, even if they’ve done nothing of the sort. Basically, BayTSP, the company that RIAA members use to hunt down unauthorized file sharers online, sets up fake trackers for torrent files that pretend to be popular content. Then, BayTSP records the IP addresses of anyone who connects to the tracker even if they don’t upload a thing (which you need to do to break the law). Of course, the RIAA has already been pushing the courts to suggest that simply making content available is the equivalent of distribution — so perhaps they’re hoping to also convince people that just connecting to a tracker is infringement. They could claim intent — that no one would connect without intent to redistribute the content — but as the original article notes, it’s easy to trick people into connecting to the tracker, even if they have no intention of getting or distributing the file. Of course, now that it’s clear how flimsy the basis is for some of these DMCA claims, perhaps judges will start pushing the RIAA to come to court with a little more proof in the future — and if they can’t, make them pay up on legal fees. [...]

By: PiracyTimes.com » Piracy Quick List 02.08.07

PiracyTimes.com » Piracy Quick List 02.08.07 — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:47:36 +0000

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By: Arqentus

Arqentus — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:24:41 +0000

Here is what they send you ( a nice example from a mate of mine who was so stupid to download Quake 3. Yes! Even Quake3 what isent anymore in shops, still seems to get monitored. In case you are wondering, the one’s on mininova are tracked ).

Title: Quake
> Infringement Source: BitTorrent
> Infringement Timestamp: 27 Jan 2007 17:02:53 GMT
> Infringement Last Documented: 27 Jan 2007 17:02:53 GMT
> Infringer Username:
> Infringing Filename: quake3
> Infringing Filesize: 482674606
> Infringer IP Address: xxxx
> Infringer DNS Name: xxxx
> Infringing URL: http://www.torrent-downloads.to:2710/announce

By: Ben Maurer

Ben Maurer — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:32:49 +0000

[quote comment="47055"]
“I believe that ISPs should require that any peer-to-peer related DMCA notice include a statement regarding exactly what evidence of sharing was found.”

obviously he didn’t receive a real dmca notice, which would have included that information. baytsp notices include the infringing information, including the name of the infringing work, the filesize, the network used.[/quote]

They do include this, however it’s not enough. Anybody can *say* they saw Foo on your computer. They need to post data that the ISP can verify. For example:

- Computer Bar uploaded bytes N-M of file Foo to our computer ZZZ between times A and B which have a SHA1 of X. (This shows that they did in fact take the effort to get an upload — also the ISP can verify that Bar communicated blah bytes to ZZZ between times A and B)

I’m reluctant to share the information in my DMCA notice because much of it could be used to track my computer.