(NECRO) Ok, this is wierd (Comcast infringement notice)

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MrDudeMan

MrDudeMan

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smackababy said:
I would imagine if your father is a software developer (which Mark is, unless he changed jobs at some point), you'd try not to underestimate his ability with tech.

The torrent streaming app is the likeliest of culprits (and likeliest of being unsafe).
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do you think if he changed jobs he would all of a sudden forget how to use a computer?
 
MrDudeMan

MrDudeMan

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Rick James Astley said:
HA! Change the avatar plz, I see that pic and I'm thinking Mayne and I'm ready to rage.

OP, is the notice in this format? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r24527937-Digital-Copyright-Act

If it is, that should list the client used. Since she lives in your house and used the internet you pay for, go through her hardware and hunt down evidence, she probably uninstalled the client after you talked to her. Like the other poster suggested, check her prime too.

For me, the biggest offense here is not the pirating, if she indeed torrented the file, it's lying about it. Innocent until proven guilty is the right approach, especially since you can search her stuff and have the moral high ground to go through her stuff.
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you're jumping to conclusions. she may not be lying because she may not understand what a torrent is. for all she knows, the plugin or whatever it is downloads the files from amazon legally.
 
ImpulsE69

ImpulsE69

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Should I take the stance of what was said to me on these forums when I had the same thing happen? "You're lying".

On a serious note - Do you have Plex installed? There is a bitorrent live streaming app that could have been used.
 
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smackababy

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MrDudeMan said:
your ability to argue on this forum is similar to mayne and I think that's actually being nice at this point.
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I am sorry your comprehension skills are lacking. If one is a software developer, and then changes jobs to an electrician, are they still a software developer or an electrician?
 
Hugo Drax

Hugo Drax

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Markbnj said:
This morning I received an email from Comcast titled "Notice of P2P Infringement Allegation." I've never received one of these before, although as a parent of three daughters I basically expected one every day.

Here's where it gets strange. The notice claims that somebody at our IP downloaded the show "Workaholics" from a torrent site, early this morning at 3 AM. I received the notice perhaps 6 hours after the time of infringement.

I knew which daughter was awake at that time, and when I questioned her she told me she was watching Workaholics on Amazon Prime through her Roku. Now, before someone bothers to jump in and inform me she's lying, I have been a parent for 22 years, and that possibility is not excluded, however...

I questioned her closely on this, and she was adamant that she had never watched Workaholics other than on Amazon Prime via the Roku. Looking at the filename that Comcast claims was infringed...

[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]Filename:Workaholics.S04E09.HDTV.x264-EXCELLENCE[rarbg][/FONT]
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... it seems to be the season and episode that she claims she was watching last night, around the time of the infringement, on her Roku. I have no experience with downloading movies via torrent... does that look like the sort of file that would be found on one? It looks to me like it could also be the sort of filename that would show up in a resource URL from a Roku box. I don't know. On the one hand I really did feel like she wasn't bs'ing me, and on the other I am inclined toward the occam's razor conclusion of: she did it.

The allegation came from [FONT=&quot]antipiracy2@dtecnet.com. Anyone ever hear of them, or see something like this before that turned out not to be legit?[/FONT]
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Hmm.


https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Workaholics.S04E09.HDTV.x264-EXCELLENCE[rarbg]


... it seems to be the season and episode that she claims she was watching ...

Don't link to the torrent sites

AT Moderator ElFenix
 
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MrDudeMan

MrDudeMan

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smackababy said:
I am sorry your comprehension skills are lacking. If one is a software developer, and then changes jobs to an electrician, are they still a software developer or an electrician?
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his daughter is 22. she knows he can use a computer even if he changed jobs, which is why i asked a rhetorical question that you clearly didn't understand, which subsequently lead to your unbelievably stupid reply.

if he changed jobs, he is no longer a programmer. however, and maybe a little more on the nose this time, changing jobs didn't magically remove his ability to use a computer nor the knowledge of him having said abilities from his daughter's brain.
 
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squarecut1

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If I had a 22 year old daughter, I'd have changed her to my son for the purpose of this thread.
 
lxskllr

lxskllr

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I think she knowingly or unknowingly used a torrent site. The ISP doesn't give a shit what you do with your connection until they're made to give a shit by a media company, or their agent. Media companies find victims by scanning torrent swarms since the ip address(No, it's not a fuckin' person!) is unobfuscated. Even if Prime used a torrent distribution system, there should be no way a media cop would see it, unless they're intentionally being jerkoffs by joining a "legit" swarm, and then reporting it.

If it were me, I'd find out due to curiosity, give her shit for being a dumb ass, and use it as an education moment about privacy on the internet, and how bittorrent works. Fuck the media cops...
 
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smackababy

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MrDudeMan said:
his daughter is 22. she knows he can use a computer even if he changed jobs, which is why i asked a rhetorical question that you clearly didn't understand, which subsequently lead to your unbelievably stupid reply.

if he changed jobs, he is no longer a programmer. however, and maybe a little more on the nose this time, changing jobs didn't magically remove his ability to use a computer nor the knowledge of him having said abilities from his daughter's brain.
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I am glad you understand reading and context. The OP to which I responded, was suggesting his daughter might believe her father isn't up on technology. My reply was that a 22 year old whose father is a software developer, would be foolish to think as such. I added, that, barring some change of employment I don't know about, Mark is a software developer. That also implies, that even after a job change, he would still likely have a higher than normal understand of technology (even if in this case, he was in the dark).

Is that simple enough for you to understand?
 
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Smoblikat

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Markbnj said:
This morning I received an email from Comcast titled "Notice of P2P Infringement Allegation." I've never received one of these before, although as a parent of three daughters I basically expected one every day.

Here's where it gets strange. The notice claims that somebody at our IP downloaded the show "Workaholics" from a torrent site, early this morning at 3 AM. I received the notice perhaps 6 hours after the time of infringement.

I knew which daughter was awake at that time, and when I questioned her she told me she was watching Workaholics on Amazon Prime through her Roku. Now, before someone bothers to jump in and inform me she's lying, I have been a parent for 22 years, and that possibility is not excluded, however...

I questioned her closely on this, and she was adamant that she had never watched Workaholics other than on Amazon Prime via the Roku. Looking at the filename that Comcast claims was infringed...

[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]Filename:Workaholics.S04E09.HDTV.x264-EXCELLENCE[rarbg][/FONT]
[/FONT]
... it seems to be the season and episode that she claims she was watching last night, around the time of the infringement, on her Roku. I have no experience with downloading movies via torrent... does that look like the sort of file that would be found on one? It looks to me like it could also be the sort of filename that would show up in a resource URL from a Roku box. I don't know. On the one hand I really did feel like she wasn't bs'ing me, and on the other I am inclined toward the occam's razor conclusion of: she did it.

The allegation came from [FONT=&quot]antipiracy2@dtecnet.com. Anyone ever hear of them, or see something like this before that turned out not to be legit?[/FONT]
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That looks like a torrent file, I have a friend who downloaded one once. Check her computer for programs like bittorrent, U torrent, anything with the word torrent in it. Also, check if the file is stored locally on her computer, thats a sure sign.
 
John Connor

John Connor

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Smoblikat said:
That looks like a torrent file, I have a friend who downloaded one once. Check her computer for programs like bittorrent, U torrent, anything with the word torrent in it. Also, check if the file is stored locally on her computer, thats a sure sign.
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Vuze doesn't have the word "torrent" in it. :D
 
Fire&Blood

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Smoblikat said:
That looks like a torrent file, I have a friend who downloaded one once. Check her computer for programs like bittorrent, U torrent, anything with the word torrent in it. Also, check if the file is stored locally on her computer, thats a sure sign.
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If she is "guilty", she probably deleted the file and uninstalled the client after OP confronted her, he'll have to dig a little deeper.
 
John Connor

John Connor

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The torrent usually stays in the root directory. Not the show, but the torrent file its self. I would run everything.exe and type in torrent and see what it finds. :twisted:
 
Muadib

Muadib

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I'm playing the episode now thru prime on my roku. Lets see if I get an email from verizon. I'm betting no.():)
 
Rinaun

Rinaun

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I get these warnings all the time. Comcast is getting paid so much from you that you can literally (yes, I have) write fuck you in an email, send it to them and they don't care. I've collected maybe 50+ of these P2P or piracy notices in 3 years or so; I responded to a few by writing a lengthy fuck you letter, but now I just trash them.

If they ever did something with my service I'd drop them so fast, and I'm sure they don't want to lose my 220$ a month.
 
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