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Turkey Machine · 27-11-2009, 23:31

No, but a friend who does has said that it wouldn't stand up in a court of law.

Clever people who use P2P change their IP on a very frequent basis whenever they connect to a swarm or a tracker, so that they don't use the same address twice to avoid being tracked. It could be related to the overboard encryption they use, which might rehash the IP address you broadcast. If you happen to use any of those IPs and Davenport Lyons finds it in a list they've bribed the ISPs for, you get the "pay us or go to court" notice. If I ever received one of those lists, I'd take it to court no matter what the outcome was, because they need to know that what they do is just plain wrong and can't be held up and they should be held accountable for it.

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Turkey Machine Inactive Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Norwich Age: 38 Services: Company LLU internet, soon-to-be company FTTC internet at 56Mb/20Mb! Posts: 1,895	Re: Have you received a letter from Davenport Lyons or ACS? No, but a friend who does has said that it wouldn't stand up in a court of law. Clever people who use P2P change their IP on a very frequent basis whenever they connect to a swarm or a tracker, so that they don't use the same address twice to avoid being tracked. It could be related to the overboard encryption they use, which might rehash the IP address you broadcast. If you happen to use any of those IPs and Davenport Lyons finds it in a list they've bribed the ISPs for, you get the "pay us or go to court" notice. If I ever received one of those lists, I'd take it to court no matter what the outcome was, because they need to know that what they do is just plain wrong and can't be held up and they should be held accountable for it.