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Originally Posted by Argos88
That's pretty stupid for many reasons.
First, they are going against the torrent users and not the torrent OWNERS. Also, after the Viacom-Youtube and other cases, other sites like tubes are inmune.
Second, an historic IP has absolutely no effect. Most broadband isps have Dynamic IP's, which means that if your IP was tracked 2 days ago, you can't trace it anymore, you can't proof that one IP was used by that guy, because that guy has now a different IP, there is no such thing like "tracing history", this IP was in that location at that time. That doesn't exists at all.
Also, the user can say that someone used his wireless router to access the internet.
It's practically impossible to prove something like that.
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Torrent owners are mostly protected, the technology itself is legal. The person using technology for illegal activities, is on the persons fault. Tubes are not immune, once they fail to comply you can sue. You could sue before hand to make them prove they're user uploads too, but that is risky.
ISP's have laws to record the IP's dished out and to who. Anti-terrorism laws did it. You subpoena the ISP and get the info you need.
Most single home PC setups aren't on wireless. Claiming your wireless was hacked with no proof, is no different than claiming someone broke into your house (with no proof) and used your PC directly. It won't go far in court.