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Originally Posted by emma roids
all they (DL) have as evidence is an ip address, and they can be cloned or a wireless network can be hacked, and as we cant be held responsible for any other trafic that goes on our network then they have nothing to stand on.
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Im not sure thats entirely true anymore, they were trying to pass something saying that unless rediculous circumstances, people were held responsible for their internet connection. Not sure if that happened, but regardless they have managed to prosecute people in a similar circumstance.
Its more and more a lottery now and peer guardian afaik only blocks connections from ip ranges owned by a list of corporations/government etc. Theres nothing really to stop the authorities getting online from a regular popular ISP like BT/Virgin to get lists of IP addresses.
In the link Ixpah posted some woman ignored the fine and got taken to court costing her £16k, so id be a little worried about it myself. Dont count too much on people understanding the technicalities that are supposed to loophole the law, like that you share tiny proportions of the media which is potentially unrecognisable or that you dont know what it is when you download and share it, or that your ip/connection could be used by other people.