Topic: 30,000 UK ISP Users Face Threat Letters For Suspected Illegal File Sharing

[sam]

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/27/077245/30000-UK-ISP-Users-Face-Threat-Letters-For-Suspected-Illegal-File-Sharing?from=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+(Slashdot)

[Simon]

  Although, I knew there was an advantage to being a leech. 

[GillE]

It's noted that 25,000 of the IP addresses that have been collected belong to BT users.

There's a moral here.

I should imagine it's also an advantage for people who use file sharing services to have a dynamic IP address?  Rik?

[Sandra]

If you are downloading or uploading from something like Bit Torrents then the IP will be the same for the duration of your transfers Gill, so if someone is monitorin the traffic and IP addresses at the time then they will have a record of your IP regradless of whether it is static or dynamic. They can then cross check with the ISP as to who was using that particular IP at the time they checked it.

[davy51]

Im glad I cant even spell P2P lol

what are they gonna do about the ones that are not in the UK lol

[Simon]

Exactly.

[Delgado]

The Entertainment Industry is a Leech itself with the high prices charged for everything, they are leeching the Publics cash. First of all they charge exhorbitant prices to buy the albums, and then the manufacturers who make the players etc are constantly upgrading systems etc making people buy new gear. The same applies to the DVD producers. Most of the companys making players have a large stake in the film and music industry as well; the likes of Sony. No wonder folks have the urge to get music and films on the cheap.

They cry that "We are not making money!" Ive just read that Simon Cowell is making 10 Million pounds from the X Factor tour alone, apart from the TV rights, and the finalists are making £55,000 each; whats this all about if no one is making money?

Its the same old story with entertainment, and that is greed. Greed killed the small theatres around our Seaside Towns with TV Stars charging fees out of proportion to their talent. The artistes of today are crap when compared to the stars of yesterday, but charge and expect to get fees that are out of this World, giving rubbish value for money.

 

[Simon]

I agree with a lot of that, DG. The amount people earn from having no talent these days, is obscene.

[Rik]

I should imagine it's also an advantage for people who use file sharing services to have a dynamic IP address?  Rik?

What Sandra said, Gill. At any time, an ISP has a record of the IP you are using. If they want to, then can also say what site you were on at the time.

[chorleydave]

I agree with a lot of that, DG. The amount people earn from having no talent these days, is obscene.

Yeah, most of the current Liverpool footy team earn in excess of £50000 a week. 

[Simon]

What Sandra said, Gill. At any time, an ISP has a record of the IP you are using. If they want to, then can also say what site you were on at the time.

AAMOI, how far do those records go back, Rik?  I was just thinking, if someone has a dynamic IP, presumably, at some point, someone else would have had that same IP, and if they had been using it for 'naughty' purposes, could that come back on the current 'owner' of the IP?

[Rik]

No, because the IP address is logged to the user for any given time or date. What dynamic IPs can produce is more attacks, because previously they've found an open machine there.

[Simon]

Ah, right.  Simples!  

[Rik]

No hiding place, in summary.

[GillE]

Thanks for clarifying that, everyone.