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Re: I Know What You Download on BitTorrent

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Post by sho »

flak48 wrote: post #89

An intern once thought it was a good idea to torrent a couple of Game of Thrones episodes using my startup's Digital Ocean box. We found out after Digital Ocean forwarded us an email from HBO (who presumably tracked Digital Ocean down via the IP) that we were engaging in piracy. We sent an email to everyone with access, saying whoever was doing it to stop. Then we got a second email (a final warning). Everyone denied…

The only moral problem I have in your anecdote is the lying about it. With every fibre of my being, I could not care less about torrenting game of thrones.

Re: I Know What You Download on BitTorrent

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Post by rapht »

Bjartr wrote: post #134
_tbyy wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem here is not recognizing that the piracy was actually the problem. In what way was it forgivable? Because everybody does it, that makes it okie dokie? Because you don't have a Netflix account? If everyone treated piracy as theft (it is) then no one would have to waste their time investigating it because the collective will would exist to prevent it.

Piracy is copyright infringement. There's no reason to call it theft. They are both bad for society, they are both illegal, but they are distinct.

> They are both bad for society

I challenge you to demonstrate that copyright infringement per se is bad for society. This would mean copyright is good for society which is still to be proven at least in it's current acception.

Re: I Know What You Download on BitTorrent

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Post by ComodoHacker »

flak48 wrote: post #89

An intern once thought it was a good idea to torrent a couple of Game of Thrones episodes using my startup's Digital Ocean box. We found out after Digital Ocean forwarded us an email from HBO (who presumably tracked Digital Ocean down via the IP) that we were engaging in piracy. We sent an email to everyone with access, saying whoever was doing it to stop. Then we got a second email (a final warning). Everyone denied…

Somehow I can only see one this comment of 252 in this thread.

Re: I Know What You Download on BitTorrent

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sn_master wrote: post #168
pier25 wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I then download the actual content either from FTP or HTTPS. If its a movie, I just download the single .mp4 file from the portal itself (and skip the subtitle/cover files) with HTTPS straight from Chrome, or even stream it directly through VLC! Since you mentioned you're using Whatbox in another comment, why not simply use Plex to catalog and stream the files?

Because I haven't heard about it before this comment? I am taking a look now, it looks interesting. I usually like to download the whole files anyway and keep them on my external big drive to make sure I have them when a movie stops being popular and becomes harder to find on torrents. Also, I have an external projector that can play movies from a USB and having the full file available for me to copy onto the USB in…

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Re: I Know What You Download on BitTorrent

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Post by AvailableMe »

Opened this junk from my home ip. Site says I (or somebody from my address) downloaded several soapy shit. It's pretty stupid to say that "you downloaded" those movies. First of all, torrenting is hell expensive in most of Europe. In Germany any ISP will immediately pass every bit of information they have about you to companies like ip-eschelon (and others who talking lawyer-ish) after first letter with mention of piracy. Next letter will land in your mailbox and resulting summ will surprise you. If you have lawyer insurance of personal lawyer, total pay me be decreased but not avoided. So, I will ask author of this site to avoid this kind of provoking stressful and insulting and puzzling wording.
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