copywright infringement

[welsummerchicks]

My policy, actually, is to NEVER DOWNLOAD ANYTHING.

With one exception.

My library has their own software, through which I can download books. The software deletes the book file when the 'due date' comes up.

That I can tell is legit. Anything else - no.

 

[bakerjw]

Many media outlets monitor bit torrent streams and determine what IP addresses are participating in the sharing. They then contact the IP service provider who then contacts the end abuser. If it is your wireless that is being used then you can be on the hook so to speak. Normally it is just a cease and desist warning however many seedy law firms are getting involved and they will issue subpoenas and will drag people into court unless they are willing to settle for a reduced fee. My adult son got caught up in this scheme. He paid their fees because he was at fault and I am not going to be dragged into court for something that I didn't do. That said, had it been someone riding on my wireless I could have been dragged into court and there is nothing that I could have done to defend myself.

One of my rules of life. Lawyers suck.

 

[Stevo]

Any encrypting can be hacked. I do not use wireless. Did you also know there is a feature in cameras that you need to turn off that will give exact GPS locations of were the photo was taken? Thats right. The photos you upload on websites will give the exact gps location as to were the photo was taken unless the feature is manually turned off.

It's called GeoTagging. http://www.fieldtechnologies.com/stop-gps-data-recorded-in-photos-from-revealing-where-you-live/

 

[A.T. Hagan]

If someone can use your wireless to illegally download movies or music they can also use it to illegally download other things. Things that could be highly embarrassing and no end of trouble even though you weren't the one doing it. Password protect your wireless!

 

[Stacykins]

Another reason to password protect and encrypt your wireless, you would not believe the things people allow to stay in their network's 'shared' area. My neighbor had all their "My Documents" available to anyone who could get their wireless signal. Yea, not a smart thing. If I was malicious, I could have deleted everything (though it would have been easy to restore). But, I just plopped a new folder in there with a word document stating their silliness about leaving their network so open. It was locked up tighter than a bank vault the next day.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

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I just had to explain this to someone last night. Some websites are set up to let you stream an watch the latest movie in a Youtube type format. This is still illegal. You may not be saving the file but you are still downloading it an watching it. The movie companys cant go after the website cause they are off shore in countrys that dont comply with US copyright laws. Antarctica is one of the places I have heard is used. But the copyright holder can track users an charge them.

 

[desertdarlene]

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I just had to explain this to someone last night. Some websites are set up to let you stream an watch the latest movie in a Youtube type format. This is still illegal. You may not be saving the file but you are still downloading it an watching it. The movie companys cant go after the website cause they are off shore in countrys that dont comply with US copyright laws. Antarctica is one of the places I have heard is used. But the copyright holder can track users an charge them.

That's true! I know of one site that was based in China. They claim they're legal through some kind of loophole in the U.S. copyright and free use laws. They might be, but I'm not 100% sure. From what I've heard, they will go after the site that hosts the content, first. But, legally, they can go after anyone who accessed the content on that site even if they don't download it. Doesn't mean that they'll go that far (I haven't heard of any case where they did so), but they have the right to do so. In the case of this site, they're more likely to close down their U.S. server and make it so that people can't view content on that server.

By the way, just an FYI, the statute of limitations on copyright infringement is 3 years from the time it was discovered or should have been discovered with reasonable diligence. Some courts go by the actual date of infringement, some do not. It's 5 years for criminal infringement.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Theres the hitch. If they have there server in Antarctica (or where ever) they are legal threw a loophole. They have no US server to shutdown. Cant filter them out at the border ether. But the viewer being in the US an having to comply with US law is not legal to watch these sites that claim to be legal. They are happy to say how legal they are but don't point out that you watching them is not.

 

[desertdarlene]

Sorry if I'm hijacking this thread.

The loophole they claim to be legal by is that they are "offering educational discussion of TV shows with people all over the world and not charging for it". Technically, they don't charge, but you can buy points to view content or earn them through their discussion forum. But, I know that if they ever went to court about it, they would have no leg to stand on. That part of "fair use" usually applies to formal educational activities (such as in the classroom).

 

[PineappleMama]

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Could be worse... could never GET a person. We keep having DSL problems and we get automated guy... who runs a test and detects a problem and then gets cut off to a dial tone mid sentence! So call back and it says it remembers that we just called and goes from there, for a minute, and then hangs up again... didn't used to be that way, last time we had an issue we got a human... this new system sucks. And you have to go through it before getting a human, and it hangs up on you before you can get through it.

I'm beginning to think ATT is purposely screwing with people's DSL so they have no choice but to convert to their new Uverse system... more expensive system I might add... that they've been calling, mailing, and door to door littering us about for months. Really, why else would they make the DSL tech support system impossible to get through, but if you want to upgrade service you're handed right to a person?? Coincidence, I think not.