Imagine this scenario: You receive a notice from your Internet Service Provider or "ISP" indicating that you have been sued as a "Doe" in a bit torrent file sharing lawsuit. What does this mean? The notice means that your Internet Protocol, or "IP" address not necessarily your computer, but a computer using your internet connection has been identified as part of a "swarm," or a group of computers involved in sharing a certain file using a bit torrent client like Vuze, or LimeWire.
You have been sued because the file in question was copyrighted material, and the company who owns the copyright is suing you for copyright infringement.
Unauthorized sharing or downloading copyrighted works is a violation of copyright law. Deleting the file will not make this go away. Buying a copy of the copyrighted work after the fact will also not make this go away. If you have no idea why you have been implicated, someone in your household using your Internet connection may be the culprit. If your spouse, child, or roommate is responsible, talk to them about how your household wants to handle this.
Your ISP should have sent you a letter explaining that your name and personal information have not yet been divulged. Right now, you are only identified by your IP address. The letter should include two dates: one is the deadline to file any legal action contesting the subpoena, and one is the date on which your ISP will provide the plaintiff the company that is suing you, typically the copyright owner or person assigned copyright with your name, address, and other information as directed by the court.
If your name and address are released, you might be named in the lawsuit. This means you will no longer appear as "Doe ," instead your name will be listed as a Defendant in the case. If you do not answer the complaint or file any legal action, the plaintiff may request a default judgment.
This is an automatic decision by the court saying that since you did not defend yourself, the court has no choice but to decide in favor of the plaintiff copyright owner. You will owe whatever amounts are awared in the default judgment to plaintiff, and if you keep ignoring the legal proceedings, the plaintiff could get a piece of your paycheck or your assets.
Has this ever happened? Recently, many people sued in this type of case have been fighting back, which means ISPs sometimes do not release information until after the date on your letter, and some cases are dismissed entirely. Some judges have dismissed all Doe defendants except one, because of issues with the way plaintiffs group all the defendants together. This is great for the defendants who were dismissed, but very bad for the remaining defendant. You could take your chances hoping that you or your case might be dismissed, and you might be lucky.
Lawsuits that target "swarms" of bit torrent sharers have been contentious in legal and online communities. Lawyers who represent plaintiffs in these cases have been labeled "copyright trolls" and the lawsuits have been accused of being many things, ranging from collection rackets to extortion. Levine and Matthew J. Bezanson and Anne M.
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Current visitors New profile posts Search profile posts Billboard Trophies. Why are none of my torrents downloading? Thread starter explosiondude Start date Mar 16, Forums Apps Apps General Discussion. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Status Not open for further replies. Previous Next Sort by votes. Jan 14, 5 0 4, 0. I have tried everything from clients bittorrent, utorrent, bitcomet, and more to browsers like opera and torch, to cloud based servers that download it for you and give you a download link.
I have tried this on wireless and wired connections I have turned off firewalls and vpn services but nothing has worked. If this is all the work of comcast they are doing one hell of a good job, but please help. I'm am not asking why this is happening but an explanation of why would be appreciated if you can also solve the problem.
Bitcomet also metioned something about a listening port being blocked and would it be unsafe to download a torrent from some website like bitlet or fuge on a school wireless connection. Dec 27, 99 0 18, 5.
You are probably trying to download to a location that is full or not currently mounted. Check all of your settings. Check your logs. McHenryB Estimable. Jan 31, 1 4, I would try asking the question in one of the Windows forums. Don't even think about trying to use a torrent on a school wireless network; you may end up getting expelled.
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