What Not to Download - DB of targeted torrents

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7 points·philipkd··8 comments

I don't think this is helpful at all, and it may give a false sense of security. By the time a movie shows up on the list, you've already been sued.

Given the rate at which these cases are being thrown out, if you receive a settlement letter you're probably better off ignoring it and waiting to be "severed" from the other defendants. Not legal advice, obviously.

I've learned a lot already in creating this list. Definitely going to avoid NBC and HBO shows from now on. Also, knowing how many are targeted, I didn't realize how unsafe torrenting is. Going to look for alternatives.

Either the movie industry is poisoning the well, or this is a well waiting to be exploited. A site that explains step by step how not to get caught might be more useful.

I'm not sure I understand your comment.

Suspicious me thinks this seems like a great way for DMCA lawyers to harvest potentially lucrative ip addresses.

How?

I may be wrong, but I'd guess an ip address that regularly shows up in the webserver logs of this site which also shows up on one of your honeypot bittorrent files would have a much stronger case (either for normal "you should settle for $X,000 or we'll take you to court" standover letters, or an actual court case) than any randomly chosen bittorrenting ip address...

I created the site, and I'm not a DMCA lawyer or whatever.

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