It seems that my ISP, as usual, is trialing some software to monitor torrent downloads as part of a concerted effort to clamp down on illegal users. Read here.
*cough* of course I don’t download pirated stuff myself but I do upload and download some stuff for personal use and share some data that is either out of copyright or copyright free.
However, I just don’t see how they find out exactly what is in each torrent. I suspect they will have to go with making guesses based on the packet information and details of the torrent itself gained from torrent sites. This meansI, and others, will get falsely tagged. Typical.
So, that leaves me with two options. I can carry on knowing my stuff is OK but risk getting identified as a torrent user and worth sending a cease and desist letter to or to stop using the torrent server and move back to FTP, HTTP or even old fashioned DVDs.
Because I don’t want a raid from SWEAT and my PCs impounded for six months while they plant child porn on my computers I’m going to stop using my torrent client for a while and share via FTP until some bright spark comes up with a new way to hide the file details from these nosey bastards. Funny how quickly things change and it takes these guys a while to keep up.
Well, that puts me out because I don’t use either Torrent or Rapidshare or any of those. They’ll have to get me some other way.
I don’t know about Virgin but my ISP has a massive FTP and torrent repository that they appear to maintain just for the hell of it. They are also one of the loudest opponents of Sarko’s three strikes law.
James,
I see you like to keep the right side of the law.
Ivan,
That is one of the things I like about the French. They may be ruled by prats but they just ignore what they want. Our lot though implement everything. I might even move over there myself so I can encourage them to blockade the ports and put the air traffic controllers on strike.