Re: Free movies on the Internet -- download scams
On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 05:24 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 11:16 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > Lot's of, um, people searching for free lunches means lots of people
> > falling into traps.
>
> +1
>
> An advice to the OP and everybody who download videos for free by
> torrent.
>
> In my hometown Oberhausen Rheinland Germany the judges don't care about,
> if somebody else did "download" [1] videos and music for free via your
> protected account. If somebody was able to hack your protection it's
> your fault.
>
> There are no legal free downloads available for licensed videos and
> music. The German GEMA for example sues kindergartens for singing
> children songs in public. If you sing a song in public or if you upload
> a video by torrent, while downloading it, take care that the music and
> video are for free, e.g. that they're under a license like the creative
> commons.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
> [1] Happens to a clueless person I know. I suspect regarding to the
> "download" this person is mistaken. I guess the person had to pay much
> money, because somebody else did upload, when doing a download.
PS: I wonder how (in)secure it is to fake an IP with the torrent client.
I wonder what lawyers do, to ask for the IP of somebody uploading at a
specific time from a specific address. Is the way they do spy legal?
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