How can they inspect the content
of a *rar file for instance? And since there is so much music available for free, and legally, how can they determine whether a track is legal or not?
Posted By: Mr Creosote on June 15th 2008 at 17:46:34
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- It's ok to download... (General Chat) - conker, Jun 15, 14:28:17
- Well the BPI are only concerned with music (General Chat) - Mr Creosote, Jun 15, 16:52:20
- By inspecting the content... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 15, 17:15:51
- How can they inspect the content (General Chat) - Mr Creosote, Jun 15, 17:46:34
- Because they can see what you downloaded and download it themselves if they have to (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 15, 18:02:26
- And then... (General Chat) - Mr Creosote, Jun 15, 18:29:38
- If it's password protected you mean? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 15, 19:57:24
- Well yes I sort of understand (General Chat) - Mr Creosote, Jun 15, 20:21:38
- Oh yes, if they go after anyone it'd be the uploaders (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 15, 20:44:24
- I don't think you can generalise about what bloggers do (General Chat) - Mr Creosote, Jun 15, 21:01:49
- Oh yes, if they go after anyone it'd be the uploaders (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 15, 20:44:24
- Well yes I sort of understand (General Chat) - Mr Creosote, Jun 15, 20:21:38
- If it's password protected you mean? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 15, 19:57:24
- And then... (General Chat) - Mr Creosote, Jun 15, 18:29:38
- Because they can see what you downloaded and download it themselves if they have to (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 15, 18:02:26
- they cant see anything if traffic is encrypted. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Jun 15, 17:42:15
- They can if they join the swarm and download... (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 15, 18:00:44
- And, in any case, for this exercise it's enough for them to know your IP address (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 15, 18:03:16
- They can if they join the swarm and download... (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 15, 18:00:44
- How can they inspect the content (General Chat) - Mr Creosote, Jun 15, 17:46:34
- its P2P, but using bittorrent these days. as I say, it is unworkable. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Jun 15, 17:00:45
- By inspecting the content... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 15, 17:15:51
- its completely unworkable, people will just use clients with encryption in the end. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Jun 15, 16:29:54
- BitTorrent encryption doesn't help I'm afraid... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 15, 17:11:28
- Well the BPI are only concerned with music (General Chat) - Mr Creosote, Jun 15, 16:52:20
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