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The meta data thing would work. You could encrypt the user ID into any movie/image.
But it is difficult to implement.
And such meta data could be easily stripped.
And maybe people who are super uploaders are stealing passwords too? So banning them won't help. Once they have raided all of your content, the damage is done.
Collecting information from somebody on a torrent site you built won't work either:
(a) Users have a "reasonable expectation" of privacy. You know that your users won't read the privacy policy. And just because you say that you will collect this data doesn't mean that you have the right to or that your privacy policy will be enforced by a Court.
(b) If you are running a torrent site and distributing your copyrighted content through it, then you cannot accuse people of infringing on your copyright. There would be no basis for that.
The MPAA/RIAA run their own fake torrent websites, but they do it only to spy on people. And they don't actually put any "real" files on their torrent sites, only fake ones. People get sued downloading, well allegedly downloading, copyrighted files from real torrent sites and other p2p networks.
(c) You could spy on people downloading the real files through real torrent trackers and getting their IP addresses. Then file a DMCA notice and sue people.
Enforcement will be very difficult. The MPAA/RIAA are losing millions running their scam litigation, and it will only get worse for them. Their legal fees are much higher than any settlements that they have collected. But they can justify it by saying that it is a deterrent to other people who are downloading files (a statement that they can't prove).
You could send the downloaders a letter; then you would get a settlement of $1000-$5000, minus the cost of attorneys' fees to write the letter.
And also minus the cost of attorneys' fees to write a civil complaint, file it in Federal District Court, and file a motion for an ex parte subpoena to identify the downloader.
And if the downloader doesn't want to settle, then you are looking at $100,000 in legal fees before you ever see the end. You won't be able to afford a good lawyer who charges $1000 per hour. So you will get one that charges $200 per hour.
And he won't be very good against even the person you are suing, who is either representing himself, or he got a lawyer who agrees to collect only when he wins the case.
And the Court may not even award attorneys' fees to you if you win.
And then that is if the Court grants you a subpoena to idenfity the downloader in the first place. Courts do not like the RIAA/MPAA scam litigation. The only reason it has gotten this far is because the defendants aren't getting representation, and the RIAA/MPAA have very good lawyers. These cases are going to summary judgement without the Court looking at the issues.
Taking that into consideration along with the fact that Courts do not like porn very much (see the recent obscenity cases), and you don't have a very good chance.
And if you are wrong (or even if you are right), the people you go after could sue you for defamation/emotional distress/other BS, because you told their family/wife/friends/whole world that they downloaded porn, and that you did so in order to intimidate them into a settlement.
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