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They aren't talking about blocking the torrent protocol. A rights-holder watches a torrent swarm for one of their copyrighted works and records the IP of peopl
by hsod 11y ago
They aren't talking about blocking the torrent protocol.
A rights-holder watches a torrent swarm for one of their copyrighted works and records the IP of people who are sharing it.
They then contact your ISP (just asking nicely) telling them what they saw. The ISP will usually send you a warning or two before cutting off your service.
Alternatively the rights holder can get a judge to issue a subpoena obligating the ISP to give up your name.
So, since no one is watching Ubuntu swarms and reporting the uploaders, that's not really a concern.
- yulaow 11y agoThanks, as I said to the other commenter in my country ISPs cannot tell _anyone_ which user has a specific ip at a specific time, they need a order from a judge based on a police request. And the police doesn't make those request so lightly... they would need to know you actually uploaded and shared a tons of movies/copyrighted material linking to them on some public accessible site to even think about asking a judge permission to investigate further.