Re: IRMA Should we Be Afraid
Get an app called
peer guardian . It blocks known IPs from being able to access your disk, it blocks spyware, adware and lets say "other organisations"
As to those that receive a letter, do you have a wireless router in the house? if not, Id get one now.
I had a worried dad ringing me this evening to say his kids have been downloading like good things and will they be in trouble, Id say quite possibly yes if the "dont upload" button hasnt been clicked. As for names being given out if requested, the landline ISPs will probably fold if they come under pressure, dunno how NTL or IBB will fare though.
Think about it long term. Ok, the uploaders can be caught if they broadcast their IPs and dont block access but how are they gonna catch downloaders?
Do IRMA send a letter to ISPs and ask them for names of people downloading large files? Do me a favour. I read recently that torrent files were recently estimated to be taking up a third of ALL internet traffic, how are they going to stop that?
Heres a couple of posers.
If I order and pay for an album from cdwow, then download it from kazaa using P2P while waiting for the delivery, do I have an illegal copy of it?
If I bought 10 cds, left them in the car, the car was robbed with my cds still in it, so I then download the albums from kazaa, are they illegal copies?