by Pastaman on July 23rd, 2003

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Can the government (or record industry) actually track down individual users who are illegally sharing files?

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  • by Repsychler on July 24th, 2003

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    For the most part, they need the help of your ISP. The RIAA can collect your IP address, but they need your ISP to tell them who owns the account that was logged in with that IP at that time. This is basically the front line in the fight against the RIAA. There is a lawsuit with Verizon concerning ISPs being forced to hand over customer info, and the RIAA recently sent out nearly 1,000 subpoenias to discover the identities of sharers. http://www.slashdot.org is a good place to find the latest news on this and other technology-related issues.

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