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Re: How Mass BitTorrent Lawsuits Turn Low-Budget Movies Into Big Bucks

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Post by Estragon » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 6:37 PM UTC

Where is wired getting the list of IP addresses they're using for their "IP detective" app?

  http://admintools.wired.com:8080/lawsuit_app/

EDIT: Oh, it's from this PDF:

  http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2011/03/openmind.pdf

Re: How Mass BitTorrent Lawsuits Turn Low-Budget Movies Into Big Bucks

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Post by unexpected » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 8:14 PM UTC

burgerbrain wrote: post #8

unexpected wrote: post #7

This is not real. This is another April Fool's Joke.

Are you sure? The timestamp on the article is "March 31, 2011 | 2:36 pm" which, unless they botched timezones, is pretty absurdly early to post an april first joke. Also, the content is not at all surprising...

I'm skeptical - this lawsuit was filed on March 7, 2011, but the only time you hear about it is now?

There's nothing on their website about their lawsuit, additionally, if you google around for it, the only thing on it is this Wired article.

Re: How Mass BitTorrent Lawsuits Turn Low-Budget Movies Into Big Bucks

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Post by wmf » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 8:37 PM UTC

AdamTReineke wrote: post #3

Can't wait for US courts to figure out that IP addresses aren't people. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/court-confir...

IP addresses don't necessarily map to people, but we should be wary of creating a massive "get out of court free" loophole.

Re: How Mass BitTorrent Lawsuits Turn Low-Budget Movies Into Big Bucks

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Post by burgerbrain » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 1:29 AM UTC

wmf wrote: post #13

AdamTReineke wrote: post #3

Can't wait for US courts to figure out that IP addresses aren't people. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/court-confir...

IP addresses don't necessarily map to people, but we should be wary of creating a massive "get out of court free" loophole.

Why?