Comments on: Australian ISP raided in BitTorrent crackdown

Music industry investigators target a company accused of using BitTorrent technology to link copyright infringers.

[trevaaar]

Swiftel responsible for someone's DC and BT sites?

Swiftel is an Internet Service Provider. Why the hell should it be responsible if somebody starts up a DirectConnect hub or BitTorrent tracker using it? That'd be like a phone company being responsible if I called a hitman with their phone lines. And even so, BitTorrent trackers don't actually have anything other than links on them.

And where, exactly, can you legally download decent quality music videos anyway?

[John Kuzak]

can you legally download

http://www.analogstereo.com/rover_25_owners_manual.htm

[trevaaar]

Swiftel responsible for someone's DC and BT sites?

Swiftel is an Internet Service Provider. Why the hell should it be responsible if somebody starts up a DirectConnect hub or BitTorrent tracker using it? That'd be like a phone company being responsible if I called a hitman with their phone lines. And even so, BitTorrent trackers don't actually have anything other than links on them.

And where, exactly, can you legally download decent quality music videos anyway?

[John Kuzak]

can you legally download

http://www.analogstereo.com/rover_25_owners_manual.htm

this is nuts...

What a crock, how can these people be liable for hosting tracking files? Don't they realize that the actual content is decentralized? I don't think this is going to go anywhere. They need to get the facts straight before breaking down peoples doors.

~Paul

this is nuts...

What a crock, how can these people be liable for hosting tracking files? Don't they realize that the actual content is decentralized? I don't think this is going to go anywhere. They need to get the facts straight before breaking down peoples doors.

~Paul