Scarriest letter for a Torrentor

[XTR3MiST]

Recently I got an email from Verizon [Just so you know, Verizon is a Internet and Cellular provider in the US] stating that I had breached a copyrighted material. The contents of the email are as follows:

Dear Verizon Online Customer:

We are writing to advise you that Verizon recently received a notification from a copyright owner of a possible copyright violation that appears to involve your Verizon Online account (the "Complaint"). The work(s) identified by the copyright owner in its Complaint are listed below.

We are contacting you because our records indicate that the Internet protocol (IP) address provided to us by the copyright owner was assigned to your service on the date and time identified by the copyright owner. While this activity may have occurred without your permission or knowledge by an unauthorized user, or perhaps by a minor who may not fully understand the copyright laws, as the primary account holder, you are legally responsible for all activity originating from your account.

Copyright work(s) identified in the Complaint:

Copyright infringement level: 1
Notice ID: 22251820027
Title: THREE STOOGES (2012), THE
Protocol: P2P
IP Address: <removed>
DNS:
File Name: The Three Stooges 2012 TS Xvid UnKnOwN
File Size: 1160518052
Timestamp: 04-28-2012 17:11:07 UTC


Copyright infringement is a serious matter that violates U.S. copyright law and subjects infringers to criminal and civil liability. It also violates our Acceptable Use Policy (http://www2.verizon.net/policies/acceptable_use.asp) and Terms of Service (http://www2.verizon.net/policies/tos.asp). If you, or someone using your Internet connection, are engaged in the conduct alleged by the copyright owner, we urge you to stop (and ensure that anyone else who might have access to your Internet connection also stops).

Protecting Your Privacy: The copyright owner has not asked Verizon to identify you, and Verizon will NOT provide your identity without a lawful subpoena or other lawful process. However, if the copyright owner does issue a lawful subpoena or other lawful process that seeks information about your identity or account, Verizon will be legally required to provide the requested information to the copyright owner.

If you have questions regarding this notice or would like to view Frequently Asked Questions about copyrights and piracy please visit us at Verizon Online.

We appreciate your cooperation on this matter.

Sincerely,

Verizon Online

I did actually download the movie and after reading this email I was pretty scared. Afterwards I did some research and found out that since it's a Level 1 infringement, there's a 60% chance I wont get sued. But still there's the 40% chance :[

I guess Pakistan was a better place to download such stuff.

 

[MrJayPlays]

No problems for pakistanis

But i think you better be careful coz they are after pirates

 

[Pseudonym]

Anyone who chooses to watch The Three Stooges deserves to get sued IMO.

 

[AbbY]

Come to the world of private trackers and get rid of such shit. :>

 

[jack]

XTR3Mist...I am curious...what kind of internet company are you using in Pakistan??

are you not using a software like a firewall + peer block to hide your ip?

 

[XTR3MiST]

Come to the world of private trackers and get rid of such shit. :>

Private trackers? How would a private tracked prevent P2P detection?

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XTR3Mist...I am curious...what kind of internet company are you using in Pakistan??

are you not using a software like a firewall + peer block to hide your ip?

Um like I stated, I am using Verizon in *US* not in Pakistan

 

[AbbY]

Private trackers? How would a private tracked prevent P2P detection?

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Um like I stated, I am using Verizon in *US* not in Pakistan

Oh. So it was tracked in the US.

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No, there's a lot of tracking using 'fake', popular files on public trackers. At least so it has been portrayed on the interwebs so far.

 

[docfrog]

Um like I stated, I am using Verizon in *US* not in Pakistan[/QUOTE]

Try CLEAR Internet service. I was in NJ for six months last year and downloaded tons and tons of movies and softwares ( From Torrents) without any problem.
Copy right infringement is an issue in the Western World ( although most of the torrents also originate from the same area)

 

[BumperJumper]

Don't use popular public Bittorrent sites like ThePirateBay, Bitjunkie, Extratorrent etc. They are the ones which are being tracked. Always go for private trackers like IPT or Torrentday. They are usually hard to track by the authorities.

If you will download a most seeded popular torrent from a popular public torrent site like TPB, you are likely to get caught. Also make sure you don't seed you torrent after downloading, seeding will only get you caught. Just delete the torrent(If downloading from public tracker)after you finished downloading.

 

[haxan7]

You downloaded "TS Xvid". You should get sued

 

[batzz]

You can use something like BTGuard:

BTGuard - Anonymous BitTorrent Services

OR

You are living in the US, why not get some service like Hulu or Netflix.

All of these are better than risk getting sued or facing copyright infringement charges. :chinese:

 

[ibaadn7710]

its scary .. BTW ihave asked a western guy about torrent downloading... he said that the piracy laws doesnt effect public but hackers and website owners

 

[manigamer]

u dlded from a p2p source ? torrents ftw

 

[XTR3MiST]

u dlded from a p2p source ? torrents ftw

Dude, Torrents use the P2P Protocol, not much difference.

 

[haxan7]

Get a seed box and download from private trackers, and atleast wait for dvd rip.

 

[XTR3MiST]

Get a seed box and download from private trackers, and atleast wait for dvd rip.

Why is everyone raging at me for getting a TeleSync -__- It was of good quality.

 

[achoo]

Don't use torrents when in US. Simple as that.

 

[yasir777]

WTF ? This is fucking stupid !

 

[cheesewarrior01]

Anyone whose saying dont use torrents because you're in the US is a total idiot. Almost EVERYONE uses torrents in the US, you just have to be more secure.

Decent Private Trackers (more private than IPT) are much more secure than the public/semi-private ones, it's the large trackers that are usually under watch. Do some research on private trackers beyond IPT, you'll go a long way.

Ultimately the best way to secure your torrenting needs is to get a 15$/month seedbox, and do all your torrenting via that.

 

[baqai]

Never use public trackers and use a seedbox

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