[lutwey]

like what the title says. idk what to do. i left peerguardian disabled for awhile. am i in trouble?

 

[aaron313]

First thing is to never admit any wrongdoing.

 

[lutwey]

i know my miranda rights so if everything goes wrong....they can talk to my lawyer.

but what should i do as of now. this kinda crazy.

 

[krmathis]

Perhaps!
Depending if you have performed an activity which break someone's copyright.

 

[saintalfonzo]

f verizon in the a. What a worthless pursuit. Do they not have enough money? Will they be needing a bailout perhaps?

 

[3602]

Now, see, this never happens in Canada.

 

[BradJudy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by saintalfonzo /img/forum/go_quote.gif f verizon in the a. What a worthless pursuit. Do they not have enough money? Will they be needing a bailout perhaps?

Verizon gets no money from something like this. They received a copyright infringement notice from a content owner and then they are legally obligated (via DMCA) to act on it and pass the notification onto the individual associated with the account (matching the IP address, timestamp and traffic noted in the complaint).

 

[Solid Snake]

 

[shigzeo]

aren't verizon a mobile carrier? if so, how ... or why can you get something like this? i may not know much about them! sorry.

 

[Solid Snake]

I think they are also an internet provider so the OP received notice from them.

 

[linuxworks]

well, what does the notice SAY they want you to do?

note, its what they WANT you to do. which is not always what you are *required* to do.

keep in mind that a lot of this is scare tactics. and usually the ISP doesn't care at all, they're just 'required' to act like they care. as I understand it, you reply back (if you even choose to) and tell them the problem has been taken care of. I think that's the gist of what goes on. if they are convinced the problem went away, I think that is usually the end of it.

but we can't know if you don't tell us what the 'scary letter' says, exactly.

 

[Currawong]

There's nothing to do, it's just a notice. You could, however, do any of: Stop downloading, re-enable Peer Guardian, and/or stop downloading popular stuff from public torrent sites.

 

[linuxworks]

and I wonder if it was really you they 'caught' or someone who got in thru your wireless router.

since, its likely that you are not running a secure configuration and *someone* probably came in that way. right? I would think you have a wireless router around. everyone does. yeah?

an ip address is NOT a person. that's the primary defense I would take (IANAL, though).

 

[Kirosia]

I got one from comcast over a year ago, nothing happened.

 

[olblueyez]

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxworks /img/forum/go_quote.gif and I wonder if it was really you they 'caught' or someone who got in thru your wireless router. since, its likely that you are not running a secure configuration and *someone* probably came in that way. right? I would think you have a wireless router around. everyone does. yeah? an ip address is NOT a person. that's the primary defense I would take (IANAL, though).

Unfortunately Judicial logic is different from state to state and Judges dont like to contradict one another even if it means doing the wrong thing.