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Originally Posted by Hellmark
Oh, I know how it all works. It is a poor system, which is prone to inaccuracy. They should use something more static, like MAC addresses, at least in combo with the IPs. MAC addresses can still be spoofed, but it would trip up far more people. That way, if you have a situation like mine, compare the MAC addies, and see someone else had used the IP. This is still info that the Media Industry's antipiracy squads can get, and this is still info that the ISPs can log. Relying on one number, that is prone to change is highly problematic.
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The problem is, they do have this. They will hit up their logs and correlate the IP address with the MAC address & account that was linked that that IP at the time of supposed infringment. However, this process isn't perfect (easy to screw up times) and logs can be flawed.