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Originally Posted by HarryT
How do you 100% prove that you didn't commit any crime? Could you prove that you didn't rob a bank on a particular date? It's a matter of evidence, as with any other crime. If there is evidence to show that a particular illegally-downloaded file was sent to an IP address assigned to your computer, you're probably going to have difficulty in explaining that fact away.
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Software is already available to change your ip address while downloading. It will just become more common if this law comes into force. Harry, perhaps you could give us your IP address. Obviously by publishing your IP address you're consenting for others to use it going forwards. This would give you a golden opportunity to prove how fair this law is to innocent people
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Originally Posted by HarryT
I was actually talking about genuinely UNSECURED networks, of which there are a scary number. I can see 6 WiFi networks from where I am at home at the moment; two of them are unsecured and completely open.
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Even the secured networks you could see aren't that secure. Modern software allows WEP security to be broken in under 10 minutes. Assuming you use WEP security at home then someone could sit outside your house with a laptop, spend a few minutes cracking your security, and then start downloading torrents or even child pornography. I guess it would be difficult to prove your innocence especially under the laws you're proposing.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
That article says that 4% of people pirating music are deterred by it. You say that 7 million households are pirating stuff in the UK, so 4% of that is 280,000 people. Don't you think that preventing 280,000 people from breaking the law is a worthwhile aim?
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Just because people download a file doesn't mean they'll then buy it if it's no longer available. It just means that now no-one will even look at it. You should treat the torrents as free advertising and aim to market the "real" product as something the potential customer can aspire to. I've bought thousands of books in my time and approximately 20% turned out to be utter crap. I now read all my books electronically and, if I like them, I buy a pbook for my personal library. The nice thing is I don't make bad purchases any more.
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You find it scary to discover that other people have opinions which differ from your own?
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The law is generally there to protect the common man. Your views are obviously different to everyone else's (in this thread). Do you think it right that your views should become the law? Personally I find that quite scary