Cable Forum - View Single Post - Have you received a letter from Davenport Lyons or ACS?

**Chris** · 28-11-2009, 00:06

I think the point being made is, not how much spoofing actually goes on, but the fact that it can be done is one of the reasons why it would be very difficult to prove beyond doubt in court that someone was actually file-sharing.

Another reason would be the fact that just because someone's PC broadcasts to a torrent swarm that it has a file called 'Star Wars', does not prove that there is actually a copy of Star Wars on that PC, nor that it has been shared. The only way to prove that the file is there, that it contains copyright material and that material has been shared without permission, is for the lawyers to get a complete, working copy of it from the defendant's PC. That is as good as impossible to achieve.

28-11-2009, 00:06	#594
Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,596	Re: Have you received a letter from Davenport Lyons or ACS? I think the point being made is, not how much spoofing actually goes on, but the fact that it can be done is one of the reasons why it would be very difficult to prove beyond doubt in court that someone was actually file-sharing. Another reason would be the fact that just because someone's PC broadcasts to a torrent swarm that it has a file called 'Star Wars', does not prove that there is actually a copy of Star Wars on that PC, nor that it has been shared. The only way to prove that the file is there, that it contains copyright material and that material has been shared without permission, is for the lawyers to get a complete, working copy of it from the defendant's PC. That is as good as impossible to achieve.