Got a call from a provider

[paulney]

Got a call from my provider today: they got a notice from BayTSP that I've been sharing 'The Machinist' over eDonkey. That left me a bit dumbfounded, because I do not download nor share movies. I've been a Netflix user for over three years now - I can watch pretty much any movie I want. Why even bother downloading.

The fact is, I was running mlDonkey (linux box) downloading a bunch of scenery packs for MSFS.

I don't know what algorithm BayTSP uses to determine what movies are being shared, but apparently its running a bot client which searches for certain movies by calculating hash sums. They even extracted the 'name' under which the supposed movie was stored. Yeah, right.

Anyway, I told my provider, I am not nor was sharing any illegal copyrighted stuff, so sorry. They apologized, sent a standard reply to BayTSP 'bug off, we can't enforce this, notified end user' and mailed a copy to me.

What worries me is that with untested crap like that BayTSP is acting on behalf of record labels doing witch-hunt. Sh!t like that just pisses me off. If it comes to anything, it's their word against mine - and there's no doubt about who's going to win.

Argh. :|

 

[Specop 007]

Its your word + your hard drive data + your download logs + file sizes
vs
BayTSP's shaky claims

1) Lawyer up
2) Sue
3) ...
4) PROFIT!

Or something like that

 

[Ketteringo]

Has anyone seen the Machinist yet? Is it any good?

 

[Specop 007]

Originally posted by: Ketteringo
Has anyone seen the Machinist yet? Is it any good?

Click

 

[KingNothing]

That thread sums it up. The story is pretty forgettable but...damn, Bale lost a lot of weight for that role. Looking at him was the scariest part of the movie.

 

[quizzelsnatch]

sue the beejesus out of them. just like they would if you HAD been sharing. TEACH THEM A LESSON. give me some of the money for giving you this brilliant idea.

 

[quizzelsnatch]

Originally posted by: KingNothing
That thread sums it up. The story is pretty forgettable but...damn, Bale lost a lot of weight for that role. Looking at him was the scariest part of the movie.

why am i in your signature?

 

[chrisms]

When I used to do that stuff I never got contacted by my ISP.. and if I did I'd probably switch to a different one because they are bastards for bowing down to the movie and music industries.

 

[rh71]

who is your provider ?

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: quizzelsnatch

Originally posted by: KingNothing
That thread sums it up. The story is pretty forgettable but...damn, Bale lost a lot of weight for that role. Looking at him was the scariest part of the movie.

why am i in your signature?

Given that his signature includes Phillipine Mango, it can't be for a good reason.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: Dopefiend

Originally posted by: quizzelsnatch

Originally posted by: KingNothing
That thread sums it up. The story is pretty forgettable but...damn, Bale lost a lot of weight for that role. Looking at him was the scariest part of the movie.

why am i in your signature?

Given that his signature includes Phillipine Mango, it can't be for a good reason.

No kidding.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: DurocShark

Originally posted by: Dopefiend

Originally posted by: quizzelsnatch

Originally posted by: KingNothing
That thread sums it up. The story is pretty forgettable but...damn, Bale lost a lot of weight for that role. Looking at him was the scariest part of the movie.

why am i in your signature?

Given that his signature includes Phillipine Mango, it can't be for a good reason.

No kidding.

:laugh: what happened to him anyway?

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: rh71
who is your provider ?

Sonic.net

 

[Biggerhammer]

I would consider changing ISPs, were I in your shoes. They bend over for the RIAA (when you're not even downloading!) and they expect you to do the same. You won't get anywhere in court, but at least you can vote with your wallet to let Sonic know how much you appreciate them.

 

[PingSpike]

You don't have an unsecured wireless network by any chance do you?