My LAST Experiment with Bittorrent

[logomancer]

It's finally happened. After managing not to get caught for many years, I got an email today saying that they caught me sharing an episode of Battlestar Galactica. I sent a reply to the DMCA admin, so my bandwidth is safe...at least, until the Judicial Board gets through with me.

I guess I should have been more careful. I have never been very paranoid about my computer and what I do with it. I guess that changes right now. Bittorrent is out. So are most forms of P2P. AFAIK, the only two file-sharing programs that use encrypted traffic are WASTE and MUTE. That's prolly what I'll be sticking with for a good while, as my network connection will doubtless be under surveillance.

I wish this didn't happen. I guess the only thing to do now is to learn from the experience, and move on.

Comments

[vond.livejournal.com]

No your connection won't be under surveillance, at least not by VT. VT only responds to DMCA requests, it doesn't do anything proactive.

[wheeerdball.livejournal.com]

My friend got busted too. All he had to do was read a book on ethics. Hopefully your punishment will also be as light.

[anterus.livejournal.com]

Well, I should mention that there are LEGITIMATE uses of bittorrent. Example: World of WarCraft beta updates were done, at least of late, through the use of a torrent file. Rather nifty, there. Clever use of the tech.