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I doubt it makes a difference. Just having some server logs and an IP isn't really sufficient proof in the first place. Just because web requests come from my I

I doubt it makes a difference. Just having some server logs and an IP isn't really sufficient proof in the first place. Just because web requests come from my IP doesn't mean that I made those requests (it could be a friend, relative, hacker). Computer forensics would be required to link the requests to a specific computer and person. Your ISP is probably still free to just ban you though.

HeyLaughingBoy 12y ago
If a murder weapon is found in your house, you're going to have a really hard time explaining that "I was just holding it for a friend." Just sayin' ...
- jahewson 12y ago
  That's a terrible analogy. Courts in the US have been widely rejecting IPs as the basis of copyright lawsuits, see: http://www.gamepolitics.com/2014/03/25/florida-judge-rejects-ip-address-valid-identifier-copyright-infringement-lawsuit http://www.gamepolitics.com/2014/03/25/florida-judge-rejects... http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/security/297475-ip-address-not-a-person-judge-says-in-copyright-lawsuit http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/security/297475-ip-address-no... http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2011/10/court_nukes_ano.htm http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2011/10/court_nukes_ano... P.S. Downvotes on HN do not mean "I disagree".