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Originally Posted by Gareth
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I wouldn't consider that privacy statement on the part of Giganews to be in any way a form of protection for its users. They, themselves, many not "monitor or record" your activities on line but they do however undertake to provide "personal information or usage information" to "investigators, attorneys, or agencies" if directed to do so.
Furthermore they state, worryingly for anyone who thinks they are the good guys in this scenario, that they are "under a duty not to divulge the fact of the investigation to the customer."
In other words they'll happily pass on whatever information they have on you from a personal / usage point of view and not bother telling you that the RIAA or whoever is beating a track to your door.
It's a business which charges money for a service and profits directly from facilitating the illegal distribution of copyrighted works.
The RIAA are emboldened by their recent success against Jammie Thomas, a single mother downloading for her own use, not for profit.
Quite why anyone would think that Giganews and its customers are not in the RIAA's sights, or that its users are safe from prosecution, is beyond me.