Uh oh....

[ForcedInduction]

The 800lb gorilla has found me. I downloaded it to see if I really wanted to plop down the $130 when this OS update becomes available.

I like Apple and I was genuinely going to pay the full $130 for OS10.5 when it comes out, but this really ticks me off to the point I'm thinking about skipping it.

From: abuse-noreply@comcast net
Subject: Notice of Claim of Copyright Infringement.
Date: July 7, 2007 5:06:13 AM MDT
To: XXXXXX-XXXX@comcast net

Notice of Action under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Abuse Incident Number: NA0000003687149
Report Date/Time: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:25:57 -0700


LANCE NEWCOMB
1327 W 84TH AVE APT 1212
FEDERAL HEIGHTS, CO 802604735


Dear Comcast High-Speed Internet Subscriber:

Comcast has received a notification by a copyright owner, or its authorized agent, reporting an alleged infringement of one or more copyrighted works made on or over Comcast's High-Speed Internet service (the 'Service'). The copyright owner has identified the Internet Protocol ('IP') address associated with your Service account at the time as the source of the infringing works. The works identified by the copyright owner in its notification are listed below. Comcast reminds you that use of the Service (or any part of the Service) in any manner that constitutes an infringement of any copyrighted work is a violation of Comcast's Acceptable Use Policy and may result in the suspension or termination of your Service account.

If you have any questions regarding this notice, you may direct them to Comcast in writing by sending a letter or e-mail to:

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For more information regarding Comcast's copyright infringement policy, procedures, and contact information, please read our Acceptable Use Policy by clicking on the Terms of Service link at www comcast.net

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Copyright work(s) identified in the notification of claimed infringement:

Evidentiary Information:

Notice ID: 1753759
Asset: Apple MAC OS Leopard
Protocol: BitTorrent
IP Address: 24.8.XXX.46
DNS: c-24-8-186-46.hsd1.co.comcast net
File Name: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard 9A466,dmg
File Size: 6513439612
Timestamp: 30 Jun 2007 05:02:52 GMT
Last Seen Date: 30 Jun 2007 05:02:52 GMT
URL: http://tpb tracker.thepiratebay,org:80/announce
Username (if available):

[boneheaddoctor]

They can't go after you for downloading it, thats legal and I do it all the time....now if you were UPLOADING it or HOSTING it to be uploaded then thats a whole different thing. You HAVE to be distributing or sharing it. Thats how the Music Mafia have to do it as well as the Movie Nazi's. Sharing is distributing and distribution is the cornerstone to a Millineum Copyright Act violation. FYI Bit Torrent and any Peer to peer thing is sharing it.

[ForcedInduction]

I consistently get 100-400KBps download speeds out of BitTorrent and I do have uploading disabled.

Out of years of P2P and BitTorrent, this is the first notice I've ever received.

[boneheaddoctor]

You need to check because somehow they could see you had that or it appeared you had that on a share basis.

[ForcedInduction]

That's easy to find. I can see the IP address of every user currently uploading and downloading a torrent.

Example, I can see all these active users for this specific torrent even if I am not uploading or downloading from them.

[boneheaddoctor]

Thats the key...they are assuming you are downloading as most are on there. My guess is that would be hard to prove in court since they have to prove you were distributing (ergo Uploading). But then..........

Perhaps its time to enlist an Anonymizer?

[ForcedInduction]

I finally got it to install completely. Unfortunately, it's an older build so it doesn't have all those fancy looking features.

It does have Spaces though. Pretty cool little feature, I can see myself using it alot.

Now, to find the newest version that will fit on a single layer DVD.

[ForcedInduction]

No luck trimming the 9A466 beta to fit on a DVD so I caved, bought some dual layer DVD's and got it to work. But, since I overclocked my Mini to 1.58GHz, the firmware reports it as 750mhz so it thinks the computer is not up to minimum specs (800mhz) and it won't install.

I'll just have to chip off the 3rd resistor to knock it back 80mhz to 1.5ghz so I can install. Oh well, I'll just have to live with a 5% overclock.

[dynamitejacket]

hrm... i wonder what they would think of my posting via OSX 10.4.8 shoehorned into an old HP desktop.

you sound like you know what you are doing, but if i may offer my thoughts on torrenting?

dont download copyrighted material with filenames that describe exactly what it is...and stay away from the piratebay nothing but trouble there: too well known

i generally use ktorrent on a suse box, has some nice anonymizing features.