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In the comments on the TPB torrent of the original leak people were debating the legality of downloading/having this information on their computer. Irony of tha
by nickysielicki 11y ago
In the comments on the TPB torrent of the original leak people were debating the legality of downloading/having this information on their computer. Irony of that situation aside, if I was interested in studying these leaks how much legal danger would I be putting myself in by grabbing them? I'm US based.
- deleted 11y ago[deleted]
- fweespeech 11y agoMinor but they would win if they sued you.
- soylentcola 11y agoGuess it depends if anyone is being paid to log the IPs in the swarm and do anything with them. I'd imagine if you treat it like downloading a TV show or something and use a suitable VPN you'll be mostly fine. Probably just comes down to how much someone is willing to pay to go after people downloading it. Otherwise I expect others to analyze the dump and publish their findings in less dodgy formats.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoI'm logging IPs of the swarm for funsies. Might come in handy in the future.
- hkon 11y agoYes you can "release" that as a torrent as well
- toomuchtodo 11y agoIt'll get dumped into the internet archive at some point.
- e40 11y agoIt's really hard to imagine that AM would go after the downloaders. That would be like pour oil on a fire. Imagine the extra amount of publicity their idiotic security would get.
- amyjess 11y agoThey're already DMCAing tweets that contain excerpts from the data. (side note: every time I hear "AM", I think "Aggressive Menace", which sounds about right)
- differentView 11y agoThey won't survive this.