This is why you can't legislate the Interwebz very well. Legislation will typically be ~5 steps behind technology (a rough guesstimate that has no basis in research).
Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying A VPN
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#32I believe many here have some sort of VPS or dedicated server. Just setup VPN and use it. Just use it. Installing pptp server is very easy. And if you are more determined - install OpenVPN - it allows compression and better security.
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Pirates" usually aren't unwilling to pay, but unwilling to pay for an inferior product.
Well they still watch/use/listen to the "inferior" product, so if it's worth watching/using/listening to, why is it not worth paying for? Or should people be able to set their own prices on what they get?
No, pirates constantly get a superior product to anything you can buy.
That's because the DRM is stripped, the DRM often have many compatibility/integrity/security issues etc. that pirates never have to worry about. They are not forced to watch through FBI warnings before watching a movie.
The experience of downloading something is vastly superior to buying it in most cases, and that's assuming you can buy it at all (pirates don't have to wait/hope for a TV series to be released outside of US, for instance).
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#34I believe many here have some sort of VPS or dedicated server. Just setup VPN and use it. Just use it. Installing pptp server is very easy. And if you are more determined - install OpenVPN - it allows compression and better security.
be aware though that, depending on your setup, you are basically telling the other side "hi, I am the owner of this domain".
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#35Queue banning of VPNs in 3....2....1..... There is evidence of links to terrorism. Well, VPN is 3 letters and so is IRA, ETA and RAF so thats a link. Better throw child pornography and drug smuggling in there as well
> VPN is 3 letters and so is IRA, ETA and RAF so thats a link
You forgot ATF, FBI, and CIA. So, it's okay the good guys only have three letters as well. o.O
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#36I suppose what's interesting about this to me is that the pirates are presumably paying for VPN service? Which means that I guess we've figured out the threshold where they are and aren't willing to pay for things -- to keep out of jail. I should launch a Piracy as a Service app. Each month, you send me $100, and I will send you back copies of hot movies of varying quality, but all perfectly legal. You stay out of ja…
Actually I was thinking that should be the content industry's next business model. People subscribe to torrent/content services. The services buy licenses for content. People download content.
It's almost the same thing as radio, the difference being that you have a copy.
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#37I feel pretty double about VPN as a solution for masking my online activities. My reasons for using a VPN break down into these (related) categories: 1. Security. I don't trust this network at all, such as unsecured wifi in coffeeshop. 2. Access. This network has draconian restrictions I need to get around, such as corporate proxy servers or country firewalls. 3. Privacy. It's none of this network's business what I'm…
Regarding "3. Privacy", it's not just the network you're on, you're protecting your privacy from, it's every single service your device regularly polls or connects to. If you find yourself hopping on and off wifi at home and work and else where, every service your device polls is building up a log of your movements.
This is mainly why I have a VPN on my phone. Apps that make internet connections from my phone always appear to be coming from the same IP address as far as the end service is concerned. It doesn't matter if I'm on wifi at home, on wifi at work, or on 3G. All of the connections are routed over an encrypted channel to a box I control before hitting the Internet.
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#38My fear is that use of an anonymising VPN will in itself become cause for the state to hassle you, and that this won't require any new laws to be passed.
I don't think courts would take kindly to that kind of blatant attack on free speech and privacy rights that are well-established in law in most countries.
In many countries, I agree. But there are some places, like the UK, where I could easily see this kind of thing happening. Free speech and privacy don't seem to be very fundamental in some systems of government.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Essentially, yes. There are usage patterns and timing attacks. It would take someone with a hell of a view of the network though.
I guess the obvious heavy-handed approach that would be taken would be to simply ban the use of anonymizing VPN services.
If it ever gets to that point, there are still workarounds:
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#40I suppose what's interesting about this to me is that the pirates are presumably paying for VPN service? Which means that I guess we've figured out the threshold where they are and aren't willing to pay for things -- to keep out of jail. I should launch a Piracy as a Service app. Each month, you send me $100, and I will send you back copies of hot movies of varying quality, but all perfectly legal. You stay out of ja…
If you want to pay to improve your piracy experience, Usenet is the way to go. For about $20 a month you can get unlimited downloads of whatever, as fast as your home connection can handle, non-peer-to-peer. It's not as general a solution as VPN, but it's kind of amazing to me that Usenet doesn't get more attention, at least if VPNs are now starting to.
Megashares is half that.
Just saying.
And excellent file search engines exist for all those sites (www.filestube.com).