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 Posted by anthonyberet on 08/29/05 01:02 
Don M. wrote: 
> BitTorrent logs (confiscated from sites forced to shut down) being used to identify and 
> sue movie sharers?? 
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5843082.html 
>  
> The logs and this... 
> <quote> 
> BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen has warned in the past that using his technology to 
> distribute material illegally is a "dumb idea," because the file-swapping tool is not 
> designed to hide the identity of anyone using it. 
> <end quote> 
>  
 
Bram may have a point - all those IPs are available when the torrent is  
running. What can most trackers show though? - That a .torrent wa  
downloaded, but not the file, and that a load of IPs were scraped, but  
not the file.
 
  
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