Brother in trouble for torrenting...

I guess your brother is one of the 1 out of a millionth people to be caught torrenting. That sucks.

Isn't this a privacy violation(<-Used google translator) , that they know what your brother is doing on the PC

Lucas Arts laughs at your privacy.

You probably shouldn't have left the pirating up to your little brother. What you should do is call your ISP, and tell them that it was an 11 year old child who downloaded the game. You really can't blame the kid for what he did, most children probably would have done the same if they knew the steps.

s canada that strict? my sis torrented some TV series in Oshawa and I do hope my uncle wont receive some ISP letters.

that sucks on Australia and the USA. T_T

I told my sis not to download torrents. Hmmm...what's the policy in ROGERS canada's Internet? Im here in London, ON, CA.

Can I ask who your ISP is? It's not a 1 out of a million thing to get caught. People get caught ALL the time. It can happen in ANY country. Heck, I've had a few, one of which I found to be false anyway. Don't worry too much about it, as these emails are automatic anyway. It's not like the government is watching out for you (like my dad once said to scare me out of torrenting). I also wouldn't be complaining about privacy, since technically you're brother is in the wrong in the first place. Don't call your ISP, just accept it and don't let it happen again. Speak up only when called to. To be quite frank, your ISP doesn't give a shit about you pirating since they get your money either way.

[quote name='nutella' post='3291353' date='Nov 27 2010, 02:45 AM']Can I ask who your ISP is? It's not a 1 out of a million thing to get caught. People get caught ALL the time. It can happen in ANY country. Heck, I've had a few, one of which I found to be false anyway. Don't worry too much about it, as these emails are automatic anyway. It's not like the government is watching out for you (like my dad once said to scare me out of torrenting). I also wouldn't be complaining about privacy, since technically you're brother is in the wrong in the first place. Don't call your ISP, just accept it and don't let it happen again. Speak up only when called to. To be quite frank, your ISP doesn't give a shit about you pirating since they get your money either way.[/quote]

Well said, the last sentence has always been my opinion as well.

We're with TPG, and don't worry I'm really not too concerned about the whole affair, they could have chosen a much newer game to get us on though... (this is the original MI2, not the remake or anything.)

we can download UNLIMITED torrents in the Philippines if your ISP is PLDT. lol. we have UNLIMITED internet but the actual speed is actually 386 kbps even if youre on a T1 connection

i did get cut off for using torrents to grab one ds game. thats why i switched to usenet.

Some ISPs go on a strike policy, so I'd suggest you get that messed cleared up.

[quote name='hullo8d' post='3291372' date='Nov 27 2010, 08:57 PM']Some ISPs go on a strike policy, so I'd suggest you get that messed cleared up.[/quote]
TPG does not have such a policy. But irrespective of what ISP you have, at the end of the day, it's the user's fault if they get slammed. Even though it's not something you're really worried about (which I can understand), it's worth talking to your brother and letting him know what he's getting himself into.

[quote name='nutella' post='3291379' date='Nov 27 2010, 03:01 AM'][quote name='hullo8d' post='3291372' date='Nov 27 2010, 08:57 PM']Some ISPs go on a strike policy, so I'd suggest you get that messed cleared up.[/quote]
TPG does not have such a policy.
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Yeah I know, I looked it up on Google, but still people could get the wrong impression from your comment. I just wanted to clear things up for people so they won't write off notices from their ISP.

[quote name='hullo8d' post='3291387' date='Nov 27 2010, 09:06 PM'][quote name='nutella' post='3291379' date='Nov 27 2010, 03:01 AM'][quote name='hullo8d' post='3291372' date='Nov 27 2010, 08:57 PM']Some ISPs go on a strike policy, so I'd suggest you get that messed cleared up.[/quote]
TPG does not have such a policy.
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Yeah I know, I looked it up on Google, but still people could get the wrong impression from your comment. I just wanted to clear things up for people so they won't write off notices from their ISP.
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This is true. It's always a good idea to know the policies of your ISP.

As far as I know, these letters are just warnings to scare you enough so you won't download stuff again. If you don't download from TPB again you'll be fine.

[quote name='Chris_Skylock' post='3291350' date='Nov 27 2010, 10:40 AM']s canada that strict? my sis torrented some TV series in Oshawa and I do hope my uncle wont receive some ISP letters.

that sucks on Australia and the USA. T_T

I told my sis not to download torrents. Hmmm...what's the policy in ROGERS canada's Internet? Im here in London, ON, CA.[/quote]

Everywhere is that "strict".
You don't get called out for torrenting because of a lack of strictness or anything, it's just if you're stupid enough to get caught.
Clearly an 11 year old won't know too much about avoiding the wrong torrents, lol.
It's -very- easy to avoid tracked torrents.

I have been with both TPG and iiNet and pirated over both networks and have never recieved a warning or anything.

wow you can't hide your ISP thats harsh...

Was it off TPB? Also, how long ago was it downloaded?

[quote name='I am r4ymond' post='3291342' date='Nov 27 2010, 08:27 PM']I guess your brother is one of the 1 out of a millionth people to be caught torrenting. That sucks.[/quote]

i doubt a million, its happened to me twice and my mate 3 times, they havent taken any action just warning emails, we are both with TPG

how can you tell if it is a tracked torrent??

Two useful factoids.

You CAN get routers that make identifying what you are downloading impossible (I know I am using one).

Here is a link to get all the expert commentary you can handle.

http://www.dslreports.com/

It's not just DSL though (don't let name mislead you) and it is multi national, and not brand specific. Although logically it is more USA and Canada.

I go THERE when I want to talk serious about internet issues.

It's like how GBATemp is the right place to talk about Nintendo matters.

Here in Canada by the way, it would be an invasion of privacy law suit in response to someone performing an act of covert download monitoring. You'd need to be found guilty of downloading child porn before the courts would spend any effort on a illegal file download vs invasion of privacy challenge. Someone caught spying on my online activities would be in serious danger of losing a LOT of money if all I had done, is downloaded a game or movie or song.