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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
Based on his IP address the police pays TerryH a visit, impounds his computer and discovers some 300 illegally downloaded movies on his hard drive. TerryH has two teenage children, a daughter and a son. In the police officer's mind that explain the variety in downloaded movies.
TerryH claims, rightfully so, absolutely no knowledge about the downloaded movies. He points to his secure setup, the passwords, no broadcasting of SSID, MAC filtering etc all so that his children will not make illegal downloads. Hence, TerryH is arrested since he has to be the culprit being the owner of the IP address.
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So here's a question- have you spoofed his hostname? If not, then he could pull his router's system logs (if the defense can get access to them, which is unlikely in some jurisdictions), point to the fact that "someone else" was logged in via wifi and was downloading the torrents, and when none of his hardware has that hostname he arguably gets off.
Course, that depends upon how computer-savvy the judge and jury are, and if the prosecution allows him access to the hardware to get the router's system logs. Down here, most defense attorneys barely get access to the prosecution's case folder, much less the actual evidence.
We also have so few judges that the docket is perpetually overcrowded, don't seem to have the budget to hire more, and a history of predatory District Attorneys.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
What if your IP is found to have downloaded some illegal files yet you did not do it. The authorities come knocking on your door and take away your computer. You need your computer for work. You can't do your work. Can you sue for damages?
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Probably the same thing that happens to people who can't get work because their background check shows they're an ex-con.