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P2P (Bittorrent etc) configuration & use discussion...ongoing (Only place to post!)
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Question, how would this law pertain to an encrypted connection to a SSH tunnel to one IP address; the VPN? I am just wondering, would they record the packets going back and forth and decrypt them? Are they capable of that?aidan_walsh wrote: »
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In the US they have the *6 strikes on the butt* signed with major ISPs with elevated responses, but most lead nowhere, only 1 or two ISPs actually breaks a contract with a paying user, they usually down throttle for a period no longer than 24 hours. But in reality this will backfire over time as when I lived there, on any street (literally) there are so many unsecured open wifi networks, that when law abiding citizens start getting harassment calls / emails / disconnections, this won't get very far. Another short-term strategy if you ask me, especially for such places as NYC, Florida, California, Texas..basically all the heavily populated metropolitan areas where older generation people aren't as tech savvy as the younger generation. It saddens me really, but it is the truthSilly, you don't need one because of course you'll only be downloading Linux distros, abandonware and the material of self promoting artístes.....
Really, though, are people here still getting hit by strike notices and court summons that this needs to be a thing? I haven't heard much about that kind of carry on as of late. I was under the impression that it had died off, pretty much, and the new tac was simply to lobby ISPs to block pirate sites.
. A real constructive approach would be to offer better distribution services to match piracy, not try to patch it with a short term band-aid. 0 -
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dyigirl4help wrote: »There was also one called MiiVi.com, that one made a pretty big scuffle in the torrent world.
Source - http://torrentfreak.com/mediadefender-emails-leaked-070915/
I was wondering why I hadn't heard of that one but I see that it dates from 2007. I think people have been pretty wary of any kind of file sharing site with a 'kewrl' name from there on out.dyigirl4help wrote: »In the US they have the *6 strikes on the butt* signed with major ISPs with elevated responses, but most lead nowhere, only 1 or two ISPs actually breaks a contract with a paying user, they usually down throttle for a period no longer than 24 hours. But in reality this will backfire over time as when I lived there, on any street (literally) there are so many unsecured open wifi networks, that when law abiding citizens start getting harassment calls / emails / disconnections, this won't get very far. Another short-term strategy if you ask me, especially for such places as NYC, Florida, California, Texas..basically all the heavily populated metropolitan areas where older generation people aren't as tech savvy as the younger generation. It saddens me really, but it is the truth. A real constructive approach would be to offer better distribution services to match piracy, not try to patch it with a short term band-aid.
I think getting companies of the size we're talking about to change their ways is a bit like getting a supertanker to do a 180 turn. There's a huge iceberg dead ahead but the captain would rather maintain course, sink the ship and escape on the only lifeboat than admit that there's a better way.
There's a lot of f'd up stuff going on the US in the internet realm, with regards to the consumer, although I was thinking more of the situation in Ireland when talking about suing and strikes. I think the companies realised that here it was too impractical to sue or cut people off because the population is small enough that the cons outweigh the advantages in doing so.0 -
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I was wondering why I hadn't heard of that one but I see that it dates from 2007. I think people have been pretty wary of any kind of file sharing site with a 'kewrl' name from there on out.
I think getting companies of the size we're talking about to change their ways is a bit like getting a supertanker to do a 180 turn. There's a huge iceberg dead ahead but the captain would rather maintain course, sink the ship and escape on the only lifeboat than admit that there's a better way.
There's a lot of f'd up stuff going on the US in the internet realm, with regards to the consumer, although I was thinking more of the situation in Ireland when talking about suing and strikes. I think the companies realised that here it was too impractical to sue or cut people off because the population is small enough that the cons outweigh the advantages in doing so.
Well I am no longer in the US so their methods aren't really that much of a concern to me at the moment. What is of concern is this side of the pond
We really need to get our butts in gear and cut out the middleman, in this case the US in internet control. A DNS server can be placed anywhere and all routing does NOT have to go through the US. I am in a country that is also a part of the EU and if we got our act together, all this spying nonsense could simply go away. Think about our history, the US is just a baby compared to the history of Europe, Ireland, Middle East and england. We had all our eggs in a basket for all these Centuries, I think it's time to come together and change some things around. I am not saying cut the US off from the net, not at all, but as it stands right now, they can simply pull the cord and there goes the net, that is too much power for one nation to have over all the other nations. amirite? lol:D 0 -
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I only seed for a few hours with a 100KB global limit tbh. With a days worth of shows queued up I'm rapidly downloading at 10-14MB per second. Yes I am a leech but my leeching hasn't collapsed the torrent system yet.
I use peerblock btw. Some say it helps block IPs from copyright groups, some say its useless. It's free, doesn't affect my day to day Internet usage so I continue to use it regardless of whether it's actually helping.
So as far as my experience goes, UPC are not throttling me in the slightest and are unlikely to be too proactive in getting rid of me as they would lose €160 a month from me. That €160 a month is also the reason I feel no moral qualms about torrenting shows. Everything I torrent is shown on one channel or another on my TV package within hours, days and rarely weeks. The content creators are getting my money via my UPC subscription. I just acquire that content via a different medium to watch what I want, when I want, where I want and without the limitations imposed by unreliable small capacity UPC DVRs0 -
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whomitconcerns wrote: »50KB/s you need to contact UPC tech support, theres a technical issue there..not throttling
The issue only seems to be on BitTorrent. Speedtests are showing the full speed. Will they even deal with me?rent a dedi server and use FTP to get your d/loads or just stream them using Plex
speed test of my Dedi Server, 1080 movie in three minutes
Don't think I need it if I'm honest. Don't DL much.0 -
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