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Posted at 16/04/2007, 11:18
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companies can certainly find out who you are. i stopped downloading movies after getting warning from optimum |
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Posted at 16/04/2007, 12:56
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fellow canadians out there: i got a letter from my isp a couple of years ago stating that dreamworks had a problem with me d/ling one of their precious animated feature films. of course, my first instinct was to panic... for like a couple of nanoseconds. then i stopped d/ling movies and started to d/l t.v. shows. what the frack, i thought, i can watch it on my own t.v. set, tape it with my vcr or d/l it. what, really, is the difference? i don\\\'t usually burn t.v. shows so no worries! and taped shows are kept as long as it takes to watch them and to tape the next show over it. i think the canadian liberal govt passed legislation, before harper took the reins, that said something to the effect that copyright infringement does not apply if one is using the item (for lack of a better word) solely for personal use...in ones home... not showing it for cash or making copies and selling them on young st or st. catherine st...some sort of fracken thing like that! long live katimavik... |
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Posted at 16/04/2007, 14:33
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yeah, i guess a letter for movies or video games is possible, but i've never heard of any canadian getting a letter for a tv show, or even music. i only dl tv shows, anyways. in early 2005 (long before harper), the supreme court was the one that ruled on what you described (simply using something for personal use & not selling/ distributing it isn't illegal). afterwards, the liberal government was preparing a bill that would have greatly strengthened copyright laws, similar or even surpassing the us's dmca, but when they lost the vote of no confidence in nov. '05 the bill died with them, and hasn't been resurrected. check bill c- 60 on wikipedia for more info. who knew harper came in handy for once, eh?  |
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another option is to use newsgroups. the slippery slope with bittorrent is that not only do you download, but you must also upload parts of the file. therefore you are guilty of distributing the file. with newsgroups, you only download unless you are the person who posted the file. you can subscribe to a different newsgroup provider than the one that comes with your isp, so your isp cannot track your newsgroup usage. some newsgroup providers tunnel through encrypted connections, so your isp cannot monitor that either. another thing to mention is that if your isp does provide the correct binary newsgroup, then they are hosting the file. they are actually guilty of distributing the file; you are only downloading it from a service they provide. the isp's are very silent on this matter, so if they do try to threaten you with cutting off your service, then just report them to the plaintiff and make them go after your isp for distributing the file on their newsgroup servers. newsgroups require more technical knowledge than bittorrent, and you will probably have to pay for a decent newsgroup leaching program and maybe have to pay for a newsgroup provider. nothing is free, but losing your internet access is pretty costly as well. be careful out there (to paraphrase hill street blues). |
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