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So I (well, my mom) just got an e-mail from our ISP...

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SO yeah....Sony was a little upset that I was downloading an iPod version of Casino Royale (even though I own the original). I don't know, but I think I'm gonna hold off for a while releasing or downloading any fanedits. The last thing I need is more trouble, and the last thing I want is for you guys to get shut down. So...yeah....
 

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Damn dude, that sucks. You just never know do you. Well, stay for the conversation. :)
 

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you can send your fanedit to nex.
 

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sorry to hear that, aztek. I hope they?ll leave it be with that email...
 

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Yeah, I'm not scared or anything. I deleted the offending file in question. However, it said that I downloaded the file from Demonoid, and I've downloaded...some other stuff from there as well. Don't owrry, I'm not going anywhere ;)
 

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I would really hate to see you going (again).
 

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Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere. I do actually have somewhat valid arguements for some stuff (though weak, they'll never hold up in court :p)

Seriously, I think it's something similar to what Viacom was doing with YouTube, so I'm not worried.
 

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I got one form mine yesterday morning for BSG e18. All I know is what this e-mail below says. Beyond that I have no idea what else if anything is going to happen. I sent an e-mail back to them stating the file was deleted a few days prior to the e-mail, which, I had. I'll stay away from the torrens, but I think the RS will be ok..


Dear Comcast High-Speed Internet Subscriber:

Comcast has received a notification by a copyright owner, or its authorized agent, reporting an alleged infringement of one or more copyrighted works made on or over Comcast's High-Speed Internet service (the 'Service'). The copyright owner has identified the Internet Protocol ('IP') address associated with your Service account at the time as the source of the infringing works. The works identified by the copyright owner in its notification are listed below. Comcast reminds you that use of the Service (or any part of the Service) in any manner that constitutes an infringement of any copyrighted work is a violation of Comcast's Acceptable Use Policy and may result in the suspension or termination of your Service account.

If you have any questions regarding this notice, you may direct them to Comcast in writing by sending a letter or e-mail to:

Comcast Legal Response Center
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
650 Centerton Road
Moorestown, NJ 08057 U.S.A.
Phone: (856) 317-7272
Fax: (856) 317-7319
E-mail: dmca@comcast.net

For more information regarding Comcast's copyright infringement policy, procedures, and contact information, please read our Acceptable Use Policy by clicking on the Terms of Service link at http://www.comcast.net.

Sincerely,
Comcast Legal Response Center

Copyright work(s) identified in the notification of claimed infringement:

Title: Battlestar Galactica (TV)

Infringement Source: BitTorrent
Initial Infringement Timestamp: 20 Mar 2007 20:30:52 GMT
Recent Infringment Timestamp: 20 Mar 2007 20:30:52 GMT
Infringer Username:
Infringing Filename: Battlestar.Galactica.S03E18.WS.DSR.XviD.PROPER-hV
Infringing Filesize: 377281710
Infringers IP Address: xx.xx.xxx.xxx
Infringers DNS Name: x-xx-xx-xxx-xxx
Infringing URL: http://tpb.tracker.prq.to:80/announce
 

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Sorry to hear about this tek. I live in Mass. too if you want to send me your edit i will get it out to people. Was in comcast that sent you the letter? When downloading there is alot of security precautions you need to take. Stuff like making sure you have a firewall and i also use peerguardian to block any known ant-p2p groups.
 

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Yeah, that's pretty much identical to the one I got. I was hesitant about Peer Guardian, so I suppose it couldn't hurt. Proxies are another option, but I'd have to look into it.

And thanks for the offer, Nex ;)

EDIT: Yep, the e-mail is almost identical, the only difference being the "offending" file.
 

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I don't use torrents anymore, it's not worth the potential aggravation. I like retail copies of things because the prints are all professional as well as the quality. I know taking images from the net and combining them into a cover is considered "shady" too so who knows what the future holds. We all have other similar interests so I don't think it'll break our community.
 

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I use Peer Guardian and haven't had any problems since I got a weird pop up last year. E Mail is to scare you. If they were serious you'd get a certified letter. I wouldn't worry. Pretty soon the government will have control of the Net and shut down torrent sites.


I love Big Brother.
 

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Obviously i don't condone piracy but I am also a security nut. I agree with Johnny usually e-mail is just a scare tactic. Next comes the certified letter. And if you are a extreme abuser of the system comcast will physically come to your house and cut the cable connection going to your house (i had a buddy running a suprnova mirror back in the day and was using 100gb of bandwidth a day). To protect your privacy and security on the internet there is some stuff you need to make sure you have. Usually i will make sure I have a hardware and software firewall. Most routers have a hardware firewall built in these days. For software zone alarm makes the best imo. Also I make sure to run peerguardian because it will block any ip address that comes from any company that works with the riaa/mpaa. Like i said before i don't condone piracy but i believe in our right to do what we want on the internet and not be watched over by some all powerful being.
 

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in the words of the hacker "The Mentor"

You may stop this individual,
but you can't stop us all... after all, we're all alike.
 
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