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.

[Back to original message]