Comcast Tracked me.

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dmw2692004

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Ok, so my dad calls me and forwards me this e-mail here is a quote:

Dear Comcast High-Speed Internet Subscriber:

Comcast has received a notification by a copyright owner, or its authorized
agent, reporting an alleged infringement of one or more copyrighted works made
on or over Comcast's High-Speed Internet service (the 'Service'). The copyright
owner has identified the Internet Protocol ('IP') address associated with your
Service account at the time as the source of the infringing works. The works
identified by the copyright owner in its notification are listed below. Comcast
reminds you that use of the Service (or any part of the Service) in any manner
that constitutes an infringement of any copyrighted work is a violation of
Comcast's Acceptable Use Policy and may result in the suspension or termination
of your Service account.

If you have any questions regarding this notice, you may direct them to Comcast
in writing by sending a letter or e-mail to:

Comcast Legal Response Center
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
650 Centerton Road
Moorestown, NJ 08057 U.S.A.
Phone: (856) 317-7272
Fax: (856) 317-7319
E-mail: [email protected]

For more information regarding Comcast's copyright infringement policy,
procedures, and contact information, please read our Acceptable Use Policy by
clicking on the Terms of Service link at http://www.comcast.net.

Sincerely,
Comcast Legal Response Center

Copyright work(s) identified in the notification of claimed infringement:



Asset: John Tucker Must Die DVD
Protocol: BitTorrent
IP Address:
DNS: c-67-184-92-12.hsd1.il.comcast.net
File Name: John Tucker Must Die (2006).avi/John Tucker Must Die (2006).avi
File Size: 734244864
Timestamp: 12 Jan 2007 23:29:52 GMT
Last Seen Date: 12 Jan 2007 23:29:52 GMT
URL: http://www.torrentportal.com/download/784868/John+Tucker+Must+Die+(2006).avi
.torrent

So i guess they tracked me through bit torrent.

I use bitlord. Any advice?
 
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codeman0013

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Wierd sounds like you are caught red handed man if you truely did download that dvd you have been caught by them. Now if thats the case that $20 you saved may very well cost you up to 10k in court!
 

sup2jzgte

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Wow I have never seen this happen to anyone before. Well I would delete any other stuff that you may have that is illegal
 

dmw2692004

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Wierd sounds like you are caught red handed man if you truely did download that dvd you have been caught by them. Now if thats the case that $20 you saved may very well cost you up to 10k in court!

so they can still take federal actions?/ take me to court? all of the downloaded stuff is gone.
 

codeman0013

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They can still find it on your hdd if you were taken to court they would sieze your pc and to do a recover and they can actually take a 0ed out hdd and go back 5 layers to find material on it if they need it.
 

sup2jzgte

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so they can still take federal actions?/ take me to court? all of the downloaded stuff is gone.

If they have proof like that, yes they can take you to court. Will they.? Probably not, but you never know. Dont forget just because you deleted something, that does not mean that the proof is not still on the HD. So if it Does go to court they can take your HD and other things as evidence.
 

codeman0013

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I have a service account through insight as i work for them they are owned by and are basically comcast with a differnt name if you were using over 5mbs for a sustained period of time a packet sniffer was put into place to see waht you were doing thats where they found this info. This is a warning from them if they catch it again you will be turned over they are not playing around anymore as they can be liable if you are not turned over.
 

sup2jzgte

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I have a service account through insight as i work for them they are owned by and are basically comcast with a differnt name if you were using over 5mbs for a sustained period of time a packet sniffer was put into place to see waht you were doing thats where they found this info. This is a warning from them if they catch it again you will be turned over they are not playing around anymore as they can be liable if you are not turned over.


Good to know. I wonder if thats why when I'm on Arse and I reach 3MB of DLing I get disconnected.
 

skidude

Active Member
Take your hard drive and smash it with a sledgehammer, then burn it.... lol now they can't find anything!!!

But on a serious note I've never seen anything like this before, I hope you dont end up going to court!
 

Shane

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I dont think they will do anything on this occasion....unless of course you keep downloading illegal stuff.

this is probably just a warning.

Just ignore that email.....dont download illegal stuff again.:)

I think they will be more intrested in the people who are constantly downloading illegal stuff 24/7
 

Trukin

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Wow! i didn't know they tracked the IPs, but i did thought of that. Thats weird though, you should change your ISP. I have Cox, and i didn't used to use firewalls until they caught me downloading some episodes of "futurama" and my internet went down. I called them and they said they saw i had ilegal material in my pc. Some ISPs have BOTs that scan all their clients in search of ilegal material. Thats why having a firewall makes a huge difference. You shouldn't touch torrents for a while, they might be watching what you do.
 

red onion

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I highly doubt that Cox "searches your PC"...that would be an invasion of privacy. More likely they look at the traffic in and out. Most likely nothing will happen with this...just avoid P2P for a while...and think about changing ISPs;)
 

dmw2692004

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this is interesting, my dad is freaking out because they called him, and sent aan e-mail to the master account.
 

Trukin

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I highly doubt that Cox "searches your PC"...that would be an invasion of privacy. More likely they look at the traffic in and out. Most likely nothing will happen with this...just avoid P2P for a while...and think about changing ISPs;)

I am not sure but i have cought them scanning my ports. But how come they saw what i downloaded? They said "We have records of you downloading ilegal episodes of Futurama" and i thought the only way they could see that was scanning me. I should get a copy of the contract ...
 

M0ddingMan1a

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wow wtf.. never saw one of those before.. hmm good thing i dont use BT clients. but...... yea fill us in on anymore info u get on this. cuz i also have comcast.
 

Emperor_nero

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Sorry but I don't have any sympathy for you, if you do something you know is illegal, you know that you risk getting caught.
 

SimpleSimon

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Ouch, bummer bro. That's the first I've ever heard of this too!
Keep on the D/L for a while...and I don't mean download!
 
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