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Originally Posted by UUronL' post='780328' date='Jan 29 2009, 10:58 PM
Correct - they are getting that from the Torrent tracker. Public trackers (like the ones mentioned in this post) are regularly referenced for this information. There are enough dummies out there who aren't obfuscating their identity to keep the lawyers busy for centuries.
Well, yes and no. Logic would tell you that this is the case, but some legislature in the US brought the ISPs into the picture It's possible that the content holders could hold the ISPs responsible under the changes made several years ago. No one is ready to put themselves in a situation to test this, so the ISPs simply play along.
It's part of the AUPs on these networks (not to use them for criminal acts), so it's well within the right of any entity to ask an ISP to enforce its AUP if it's on the receiving end of a criminal act. (think SPAM or libel) The ISP threatens to disconnect service if the issue is not remedied, or in the case outlined in the earlier link - penalties are imposed on the offending end user.
Well, yes and no. Logic would tell you that this is the case, but some legislature in the US brought the ISPs into the picture It's possible that the content holders could hold the ISPs responsible under the changes made several years ago. No one is ready to put themselves in a situation to test this, so the ISPs simply play along.
It's part of the AUPs on these networks (not to use them for criminal acts), so it's well within the right of any entity to ask an ISP to enforce its AUP if it's on the receiving end of a criminal act. (think SPAM or libel) The ISP threatens to disconnect service if the issue is not remedied, or in the case outlined in the earlier link - penalties are imposed on the offending end user.
