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Rory McCann writes:
> On 6/9/05, Liam Bedford <lbedford at lbedford.org> wrote:
> > So, if the MPAA
> > runs a bittorrent client, and notices an upload from your IP, then they
> > know you're uploading
>> Course that opens a whole can of legal worms. If the copyright owner
> started seeeding it on bittorrent, then what right have then to
> complain if you download it?
The clients used by the *AAs' enforcement companies don't seed, afaik --
they connect, get the list of peers for nastygrams, and possibly reconnect
periodically to get new peer IPs.
- --j.
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