So I've been using Kazaa for like five years, and it has really gone south for the past couple of years, people kept leeching and not sharing so all the new files are never circulated. I've heard of bittorrent but it seemed too complicated to make the switch worthwhile so I just gradually stopped any p2p file sharing. I just got a new 120 gig hd and figured I'd see if i can fill it up. With kazaa going nowhere, I downloaded bittornado and was and running. It's like getting in to a 911 turbo after driving your grandmother's oldsmobile for your whole life, the download speeds were consistently over 100 kb/s. After they were done downloading, I thought I'd return the favor and seed the files so others can enjoy as well.
I woke up this morning and my internet was down, I thought that was weird cuz I rarely get service outtages around here. I called Cox high speed internet to see what's going on and they tell me to call this 1800 number. I call and they tell me I was cut off for sharing copyrighted material. Now I've uploaded from kazaa for the past four years and nothing's ever happened, I seed a file on bittorrent for 1 day and I get shut off. It's a three strike policy so I still have two strikes but is bittorrent really that exposed? I know what I did was illegal but if the ISPs and the movie companies were cracking down to my level (I uploaded maybe 1 gigabytes worth of files), They'd have to bust just about every college student there is in this country! Am I like the only bittorrent user who's stupid enough to walk around with my ass (IP) exposed??
I woke up this morning and my internet was down, I thought that was weird cuz I rarely get service outtages around here. I called Cox high speed internet to see what's going on and they tell me to call this 1800 number. I call and they tell me I was cut off for sharing copyrighted material. Now I've uploaded from kazaa for the past four years and nothing's ever happened, I seed a file on bittorrent for 1 day and I get shut off. It's a three strike policy so I still have two strikes but is bittorrent really that exposed? I know what I did was illegal but if the ISPs and the movie companies were cracking down to my level (I uploaded maybe 1 gigabytes worth of files), They'd have to bust just about every college student there is in this country! Am I like the only bittorrent user who's stupid enough to walk around with my ass (IP) exposed??