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Originally Posted by DamianJ
Of course it is. What is your point?
In order to 'legally sue' someone you need proof a crime has been committed, right? In the UK that is how it goes.
What is the proof of your little video game people infringed copyright? I have a feeling you're suggesting an IP address.
You do know an IP address isn't proof, right?
You understand how it could be unsecured wifi, so it could be a neighbour. It could be someone's nephew. Could be a rented building where the landlord pays for the internet. Could be a spoofed IP. Could be a printer's IP.
So sadly, you cannot sue an IP address.
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Your the biggest fucking idiot on this board. Of course you can sue based on IP address. An IP is clearly proof - it says "someone from this location at this date at this time hit this server and illegally downloaded this content".
Was it possible that it was a neighbor or someone else hacking into a wifi connection? It sure is. But at the end of the day the person who owns / leases that IP address is responsable for what happens on it. If my kid downloads ten thousand songs illegally using my connection and my computer, I'm responsable for it.
It's like being caught with drugs in my house. If the cops raid my house, and find drugs, they arrest me because it's my house. It could be that the drugs wasn't mine and I had no idea they were there - but I'm the one going to jail. If I believe I'm innocent at that point, I go to court to prove it.
No different than an IP address. You can be sued for it, and then it's up to you pay the fine or prove them wrong in court.
My god, the fucking entry level in this industry is set very low.