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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
It depends where they are downloaded from. Rapidshare and similar will keep IP logs of anyone downloading. Torrenters will be visible on connection.
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But copyright holders won't have automatic access to the logs will they?
Don't they have to go to the ISP with a name and some evidence relating to a suspected downloader first? How do they obtain that initial information?
Stustaff made the point that, on torrents, downloaders are also uploaders - but aren't they likely to be downloading a different copyright holder's (CH) material to the one their uploading? So they may be visible as uploaders; but if it's only downloading that's being looked for, how does that help the CH of the downloaded stuff, they still have nothing to justify them going to the ISP.