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Ive just heard a mate of mine has had a letter through the door saying he is
bieng done for downloading films. They traced him through his IP address i
guess, so does anyone know of a really good IP adrress blocker ,it dosent
have to be shareware just good at its job ta.

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> Ive just heard a mate of mine has had a letter through the door saying he is
> bieng done for downloading films. They traced him through his IP address i
> guess, so does anyone know of a really good IP adrress blocker ,it dosent
> have to be shareware just good at its job ta.
>
>
>


he/you are wanting to download movies from a site that's blocking by an
IP address? if you're downloading from http, you can use a proxy.. most
proxies (if they're worth a damn, IMHO) will throttle the connection for
these types of downloads (to keep a few users from eating up the
bandwidth of the rest of the users by downloading porn 24/7).... if you
mean to hide your IP address while downloading from kazaa, etc. I'm not
aware of a method to do this.



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On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:24:44 -0000, "Hugh Willmer"
<> wrote:

>Ive just heard a mate of mine has had a letter through the door saying he is
>bieng done for downloading films. They traced him through his IP address i
>guess, so does anyone know of a really good IP adrress blocker ,it dosent
>have to be shareware just good at its job ta.

Interesting; post a copy of the threat on the net with his details
sanitised. and the link here Sounds like a bluff to me. I think it
would be rather hard to prove he has done anything illegal.

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On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 19:25:29 +0100, in newsfroup alt.computer.security, Jim
Watt <_way> articulated the following sentiments :

>On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:24:44 -0000, "Hugh Willmer"
><> wrote:
>
>>Ive just heard a mate of mine has had a letter through the door saying he is
>>bieng done for downloading films. They traced him through his IP address i
>>guess, so does anyone know of a really good IP adrress blocker ,it dosent
>>have to be shareware just good at its job ta.
>
>Interesting; post a copy of the threat on the net with his details
>sanitised. and the link here Sounds like a bluff to me. I think it
>would be rather hard to prove he has done anything illegal.

Aren't the pigopolists more interested in those sharing large quantities of
copyright stuff, rather than those just downloading it ?

I read somewhere recently that the RIAA are being sued by Kazaa for using
unlicensed versions of their software to 'target' individuals.

Anyway, I agree with you on the bluff theory. A new strain of scam ?

Regs,

Pete.

Hugh Willmer wrote:
> Ive just heard a mate of mine has had a letter through the door
> saying he is bieng done for downloading films. They traced him
> through his IP address i guess, so does anyone know of a really good
> IP adrress blocker ,it dosent have to be shareware just good at its
> job ta.

Peerguardian from http://www.methlabs.org/methlabs.htm has regularly updated
blocklists, although if you're using the latest Kazaa Lite you'll not need
it as it uses Peerguardian's blocklist database to do the job itself.
--

Alan

"Alan Walker" <> wrote in message news:<NF4Tb.15051$>...
> Hugh Willmer wrote:
> > Ive just heard a mate of mine has had a letter through the door
> > saying he is bieng done for downloading films. They traced him
> > through his IP address i guess, so does anyone know of a really good
> > IP adrress blocker ,it dosent have to be shareware just good at its
> > job ta.
>
> Peerguardian from http://www.methlabs.org/methlabs.htm has regularly updated
> blocklists, although if you're using the latest Kazaa Lite you'll not need
> it as it uses Peerguardian's blocklist database to do the job itself.

Just remember if you do use a proxy to block your IP that they also
may log IP's of users and if they receive a subpoena that they may be
forced to reveal a users IP address.

Sloan wrote:
> "Alan Walker" <> wrote in message
> news:<NF4Tb.15051$>...
>> Hugh Willmer wrote:
>>> Ive just heard a mate of mine has had a letter through the door
>>> saying he is bieng done for downloading films. They traced him
>>> through his IP address i guess, so does anyone know of a really good
>>> IP adrress blocker ,it dosent have to be shareware just good at its
>>> job ta.
>>
>> Peerguardian from http://www.methlabs.org/methlabs.htm has regularly
>> updated blocklists, although if you're using the latest Kazaa Lite
>> you'll not need it as it uses Peerguardian's blocklist database to
>> do the job itself.
>
> Just remember if you do use a proxy to block your IP that they also
> may log IP's of users and if they receive a subpoena that they may be
> forced to reveal a users IP address.

Are they legally required to keep logs ?

--

Alan

"Alan Walker" <> wrote in message
news:U5ATb.16077$...
> Sloan wrote:
> > "Alan Walker" <> wrote in message
> > news:<NF4Tb.15051$>...
> >> Hugh Willmer wrote:
> >>> Ive just heard a mate of mine has had a letter through the door
> >>> saying he is bieng done for downloading films. They traced him
> >>> through his IP address i guess, so does anyone know of a really good
> >>> IP adrress blocker ,it dosent have to be shareware just good at its
> >>> job ta.
> >>
> >> Peerguardian from http://www.methlabs.org/methlabs.htm has regularly
> >> updated blocklists, although if you're using the latest Kazaa Lite
> >> you'll not need it as it uses Peerguardian's blocklist database to
> >> do the job itself.
> >
> > Just remember if you do use a proxy to block your IP that they also
> > may log IP's of users and if they receive a subpoena that they may be
> > forced to reveal a users IP address.
>
> Are they legally required to keep logs ?

Depends upon the country, AFAIK.

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