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by Repsychler on July 24th, 2003
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.
by Mishant X on March 31st, 2008
yes there are ways to track illegal downloads as your
* IP * adress get exposed which can further be used to track the computer that used it at a specific time
this has been done many times....a google search is the proof !
by david askari on August 10th, 2005
If I was the government or record industry, I would go after the people who are making a lot of money by file-sharing. I would not bother with the rest unless the resources are available and money is to retrieved.
Know of any good free video sharing sites?
by courtneyxx8 on February 28th, 2011
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BitComet Magnet Link downloads at high speed, but files still at 0%?
by IoriX on February 17th, 2011
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Lost my torrent leech account due to inactivity. Can somebody help and get me an invitation? Thanks in advance.
by Justo_V on December 21st, 2010
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how can i play games downloaded from piratebay or bitjunkie?
what i mean is how can i install them correctly on my pc? :-)
by theo rettick on January 16th, 2011
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I wanna download movies for free on my iPod touch is there a good site?
by InhaleMusic on January 3rd, 2011
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