Warning from ISP regarding Fraudulent activity

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Warning from ISP regarding Fraudulent activity

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So my girlfriend downloaded some shitty movie called the bounty hunter on Sunday, and not long after, i received an email from TPG saying that we had illegally downloaded that movie using a torrent etc etc.

Should i be worried? i thought the idea of torrents was that it was not traceable due to it only being a small part of the movie from each source...

Also i often stream TV shows like breaking bad, True blood etc from a site (http://www.casttv.com) is this also illegal? it's a TV show that is broadcast in the US so i would have thought not, but i guess we are not seeing the ads so maybe its not paid for???
also i am not downloading them, i am streaming them so im not then copying them.
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I would start stretching those upper leg muscles mate. You are going to the clink for shiz.

I read about the Torrent tracing somewhere - I didn't understand it becuase I got no geek on, but my take on it was that due to some change in the laws they are now allowed to trace users of sites that are known to be illegally sharing materials. This might be it.
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use private trackers.

or try using TOR and configure your torrent client to run thru it. slows things down a bit tho.

i wouldnt worry about the letter
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huge wrote:use private trackers.

or try using TOR and configure your torrent client to run thru it. slows things down a bit tho.

i wouldnt worry about the letter
hut?

We are both on Macs, is that PC talk/programs, She uses transmission for torrents and i think the site was kickasstorrents.com
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do not reply to the letter ;)

If TPG took these emails seriously they would have no more customers.... what else would people use 130GB per month for??

They are under an obligation to warn you to cover the'r own asses if serious shit goes down
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almax wrote:kickasstorrents.com
Well that's a sign of quality right there.
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deviant wrote:do not reply to the letter ;)

If TPG took these emails seriously they would have no more customers.... what else would people use 130GB per month for??

They are under an obligation to warn you to cover the'r own asses if serious shit goes down
150 actually, but yeah, exactly my concern, ill reduce the amount im paying if we cant download anymore.
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almax wrote:kickasstorrents.com
Well that's a sign of quality right there.
???
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almax wrote:
huge wrote:use private trackers.

or try using TOR and configure your torrent client to run thru it. slows things down a bit tho.

i wouldnt worry about the letter
hut?

We are both on Macs, is that PC talk/programs, She uses transmission for torrents and i think the site was kickasstorrents.com
tor is an project that helps network users remain somewhat anonymous on public networks like the internet.

get to know; it's a good project.

as has been previously said, don't reply to the letter.
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awesome thank system, ill look into this
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al, torrents = fail.

rapid.org/rapidshare for single day downloads and no tracing.

do it...

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I use megashares.com - is that the same sort of deal Bonsai?

$25 for 6 months of unlimited d/l Al - check it out.

never had any issues like the above using this
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demonoid's aight. and yeah use filtering in your torrent client like vuze (usually on by default i think)..
if on mac use PeerGuardian that's what i use, stops all unwanted incoming connections to your comp
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almax wrote:
Lephrenic wrote:
almax wrote:kickasstorrents.com
Well that's a sign of quality right there.
???
C'mon, it's kick ass! That means it's awesome.
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I has the same letter months ago.

My IT mate told me to install a tor, he set up a blog on it, I'll try and find it and post it for you.

If you run the tor through utorrent it doesn't slow it down at all, it only slows it down when you run it through firfox
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filestube ftw
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Feigan wrote:I use megashares.com - is that the same sort of deal Bonsai?

$25 for 6 months of unlimited d/l Al - check it out.

never had any issues like the above using this
Similar man - I dont pay for shit though, kinda defeats the purpose.. but I guess teh reliability is worth it.
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kiss & tell wrote:redtube ftw
:teef:

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LOL USING RAP+IDSHARE
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Amick wrote:
kiss & tell wrote:redtube ftw
:teef:

:brohugs:
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eek!

Hope the Tor holds up!

Was a fucking shit film anyway. Probably trying to make some money because everyone realised it was a really shit slow movie and the only reason it won an Oscar was becasue it stired up army driven nationalist pride in the USA.

Eat a bag of dicks hurt locker, the oscars and USA!
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Think i might share a Usenet account with a few peeps or something.
Massively fast, heaps of files, HD-rips here we come
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bonsai wrote:al, torrents = fail.

rapid.org/rapidshare for single day downloads and no tracing.

do it...

THIS

have only just been shown teh awesomeness that is 'tehparadox'

tehparadox + rapidshare = WIN

just wish I could play mkv files (Blu Ray rips) through my xbox :(
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Kaiproject wrote:Think i might share a Usenet account with a few peeps or something.
Massively fast, heaps of files, HD-rips here we come
lolusenet

just encrypt your connections
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whats the go with these mkvs? Toast cant seem to burn them for DVD playback?

I'm playing them in QT with a perian plug in as its more stable and scannable than with VLC
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still burning to dvd is your problem there huhu
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yeah we watch in bedroom with the computer but Id rather watch on the TV
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Plug computer into TV?
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naah, not doable. it's a crt anyway
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