The story of how I got busted for piracy. |
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 Mar 23 2010, 06:13 PM
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Some c**t downloaded the new Sherlock Holmes movie while connected to my unsecured wireless network and I got shit for it. I managed to get WB to make it a warning and not a lawsuit, but shit still sucks. I'll avoid pirating any WB movies for a while. |
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Mar 23 2010, 07:45 PM
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 poison Group: Official Member Posts: 4,806 Joined: Mar 2008 Member No: 629,020 |
That sucks and very inconsiderate for that person to use your wireless. Do you know who it was? A neighbour?
But yeah we've gotten a warning before too. |
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Mar 23 2010, 08:00 PM
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Mar 23 2010, 08:10 PM
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;-;
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Mar 23 2010, 08:18 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
QUOTE(Tomates @ Mar 23 2010, 07:45 PM)  That sucks and very inconsiderate for that person to use your wireless. Do you know who it was? A neighbour? But yeah we've gotten a warning before too. I had the network set up for public use, which violates the TOS I had with the ISP. |
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Mar 23 2010, 08:26 PM
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can't you like.... make it private and put a password??
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Mar 23 2010, 08:45 PM
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QUOTE(Cum @ Mar 23 2010, 08:26 PM) can't you like.... make it private and put a password?? I just completely disabled the wireless part of my router. My entire network is wired anyway. |
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Mar 23 2010, 09:26 PM
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 Sarcastic Mr. Know-It-All Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,089 Joined: Dec 2003 Member No: 29 |
You should have checked the logs for his MAC address and have it so it routes all of his traffic to last measure.
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Mar 23 2010, 09:42 PM
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That's not going to do a whole lot of good if all he's doing is bittorrent.
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Mar 23 2010, 10:02 PM
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 Photoartist Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,363 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 399,390 |
f*ckery that sucks f*ck
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Mar 23 2010, 10:06 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
also f*ck
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Mar 23 2010, 11:09 PM
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 ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
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Mar 23 2010, 11:27 PM
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I sure do love my isp. AT&T has never given a crap. And I've downloaded a lot of stuff.
So, I take it you are using a proxy now? |
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Mar 24 2010, 01:08 AM
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 Live long and prosper. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 10,142 Joined: Apr 2007 Member No: 514,926 |
Were you aware at the time that while people could mosey onto your unsecured public network they could leech your pirated files?
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Mar 24 2010, 01:23 AM
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i just realized its hard coming up with a username that is likable and not cheesy@iceweasel
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Mar 24 2010, 04:12 PM
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QUOTE(synapse @ Mar 24 2010, 01:08 AM) Were you aware at the time that while people could mosey onto your unsecured public network they could leech your pirated files? I had just set up the router a few days ago. I honestly haven't had time to get everything secured. |
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Mar 24 2010, 06:13 PM
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Gotta love Clear <3
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Mar 25 2010, 09:57 AM
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QUOTE(itanium @ Mar 23 2010, 10:42 PM) That's not going to do a whole lot of good if all he's doing is bittorrent. Bah, it's likely they would have gotten curious and checked if the connection was still up via their browser. |
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Mar 25 2010, 10:26 PM
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I suppose that's true
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Mar 25 2010, 11:32 PM
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Had to happen eventually.
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Mar 27 2010, 12:32 AM
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I didn't think people actually got caught for pirating. I thought it was all scare tactics. I still think this is the case, givin the fact they just warned you. That's such bullshit.
Anyway, my real reason for posting: Holy shit, a whole day went by and NOTHING got posted in the lounge? This place is almost officially dead. :( |
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Mar 27 2010, 03:23 AM
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QUOTE(smoke @ Mar 27 2010, 12:32 AM) I still think this is the case, givin the fact they just warned you. At first they were going to sue for $50,000. I had to talk them out of it. I don't they tried to take my paycheck for the next eight years to scare me. |
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Mar 27 2010, 07:54 AM
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Sarcastic Mr. Know-It-All Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,089 Joined: Dec 2003 Member No: 29 |
Either way, you shouldn't have gone down without a fight. Don't let the bullies intimidate you, especially if you're right.
I'd tell them to go ahead and sue. If they weren't bluffing, I'd bring the router logs to court as well as every one of my WiFi capable devices, show them that the MAC address doesn't match, then file a counter suit, hoping they give me a decent settlement. And optionally, build a dedicated torrent box with the settlement money :) |
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Mar 27 2010, 09:34 PM
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As great an idea as that sounds, I don't have the money to fight a big company like that.
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Mar 29 2010, 06:30 AM
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Sarcastic Mr. Know-It-All Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,089 Joined: Dec 2003 Member No: 29 |
EFF.org or even a Public Defender.
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