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Originally Posted by DamianJ
a) So Grandpa John has them interwebs things and his snotty grandkid comes over and torrents some stuff. Then Grandpa John has his internet taken away.
b) Bob wants to share his wifi so has it unsecured, likes millions do. Someone uses his IP to download illegal content. Bob has his internet removed.
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Wrong. Grandpa John and Bob would get warning letters, followed by a second
set of warning letters. Only if they ignore both warning letters and continue to allow
someone to use their connection for theft, then they go to court. If the court finds
that they knowingly allowed it, then the connection could be cut off, but most likely
they would get a fine.
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c) Spoofing IPs is easy. Someone spoofs Jason's IP and he gets his internet connection removed.
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Wrong again. You can't spoof my IP and download a file unless I let you.
You can hide your IP by using a proxy service, like those "anonymizer" services,
in which case the IP shows up as the IP of the proxy service who makes a profit
from helping you commit unlawful acts and they are held accountable for what's
downloaded through their IP.
Here's a quick IP 101 -
It's kind of like mail order. Your computer sends a request to the server, saying
"please send this file to me, using my IP address 101.42.88.11". The server then
sends the file back to that IP. If you lie about your IP, you'll never get the file.
Just like if you sent a letter to some mail order company and lied about your address -
you'd never receive the package they send back.
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d) How do you actually PROVE someone downloaded a file? Deep packet analysis. So you lose all privacy as the ISPs have to monitor all your traffic to work out if you MIGHT be downloading something illegal.
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Wrong again. We have written software which will prove that you downloaded and
posted content without any involvemnet from the ISP whatsoever.
You really think all that is a GOOD SOLUTION?
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But this, in my opinion, is an appalling, unenforceable attempt at a solution.
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Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Your opinion is based on a complete misunderstanding of the law and a complete misunderstanding of how the internet
works as far as the technical details.