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1. This is NOT a subpoena or anything court related. This notice does not say you are being sued. It's just a "Knock it off!" letter. No big deal unless Charter specifically says they will cut off service after 3 strikes or whatever. You do not need to reply.

2. The nature of BitTorrent makes it very difficult to hide your identity. Using Tor will just make downloading painfully slow. You could pay for a VPN to hide your IP address, but at that point you're better off paying for Usenet which has full encryption (even your ISP won't know what you're downloading) and no uploading requirements.

3. PeerBlock is almost certainly useless. If somebody wants to sue people (and very few game publishers sue people relative to movie and porn studios) they can and will use an IP address not in the database. It probably can't hurt to use it, but it's not going to keep out a motivated company. Private trackers are a decent way to add security but are also below 100% safe.


tl;dr
You're not in trouble unless Charter threatens to disconnect you.
BitTorrent is not designed for anonymity.
Paying for Usenet or RapidMegaFileHotSonic is your best way to dodge any unwanted attention.
 

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Haloman800 said:
PeerBlock is actually blocking GBAtemp from loading, so I've just disabled it.

I won't download for at least six months. We also have 2 internet connections so I'll switch to the other one as well.

How do I stop PeerBlock from blocking GBAtemp?
i remember when i tried it that happen, also happens with dropbox and a few other sites, just open up the peerblock window and when you try to connect to gbatemp a new IP will pop up that it says it blocked, just right click it and press Allow ***.***.*.***:***** permanently

Edit: i think gbatemp's name is something like SVOC

if you want to just use the internet unrestricted you could also press allow HTTP in the upper right
 

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pokefreak2008 said:
Sylar1 said:
Were they movies? I didn't think they cared that much about people downloading games
thats a lie i downloaded a sims 2 torrent(dont know why) and the service provider i used game me a waring.

It's not a lie, i said "I didn't think" they cared that much
 

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htoxad said:
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1. This is NOT a subpoena or anything court related. This notice does not say you are being sued. It's just a "Knock it off!" letter. No big deal unless Charter specifically says they will cut off service after 3 strikes or whatever. You do not need to reply.

2. The nature of BitTorrent makes it very difficult to hide your identity. Using Tor will just make downloading painfully slow. You could pay for a VPN to hide your IP address, but at that point you're better off paying for Usenet which has full encryption (even your ISP won't know what you're downloading) and no uploading requirements.

3. PeerBlock is almost certainly useless. If somebody wants to sue people (and very few game publishers sue people relative to movie and porn studios) they can and will use an IP address not in the database. It probably can't hurt to use it, but it's not going to keep out a motivated company. Private trackers are a decent way to add security but are also below 100% safe.


tl;dr
You're not in trouble unless Charter threatens to disconnect you.
BitTorrent is not designed for anonymity.
Paying for Usenet or RapidMegaFileHotSonic is your best way to dodge any unwanted attention.

What exactly is a private tracker, is it a program for downloading torrents, or is it just a website which is invite-only for finding them? Is there anything else someone could do besides using PeerBlock, and an invite only website?


Edit @ Terminator02: For some reason, the blocking just stopped. If it happens again I'll use your method, thanks.
 

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Haloman800 said:
htoxad said:
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1. This is NOT a subpoena or anything court related. This notice does not say you are being sued. It's just a "Knock it off!" letter. No big deal unless Charter specifically says they will cut off service after 3 strikes or whatever. You do not need to reply.

2. The nature of BitTorrent makes it very difficult to hide your identity. Using Tor will just make downloading painfully slow. You could pay for a VPN to hide your IP address, but at that point you're better off paying for Usenet which has full encryption (even your ISP won't know what you're downloading) and no uploading requirements.

3. PeerBlock is almost certainly useless. If somebody wants to sue people (and very few game publishers sue people relative to movie and porn studios) they can and will use an IP address not in the database. It probably can't hurt to use it, but it's not going to keep out a motivated company. Private trackers are a decent way to add security but are also below 100% safe.


tl;dr
You're not in trouble unless Charter threatens to disconnect you.
BitTorrent is not designed for anonymity.
Paying for Usenet or RapidMegaFileHotSonic is your best way to dodge any unwanted attention.

What exactly is a private tracker, is it a program for downloading torrents, or is it just a website which is invite-only for finding them? Is there anything else someone could do besides using PeerBlock, and an invite only website?
invite-only website

you should just use JDownloader with FTP links, the safest free option, but can be really slow for big files

Edit: to your edit, it happened to me when i tried posting, just allowed it and it's all cool
 

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The step they'll take is canceling your service. You could use a Proxy service like btguard or torrentsecurity.
 

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Haloman800 said:
What exactly is a private tracker, is it a program for downloading torrents, or is it just a website which is invite-only for finding them? Is there anything else someone could do besides using PeerBlock, and an invite only website?
Private tracker is an invite only site where members can share data with each other.
That and Peer Block are pretty much all you can do for free.

The way BT works is kind of like receiving a package through the mall.
People need your home address to send you something.
You can get a PO Box to hide your address but you have to pay for that service.

Honestly if Charter isn't threatening you this is no big deal and you should be fine downloading games.
 

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I mainly use private trackers + direct links and Jdownloader. Pirating since 2005 and never had a letter in the mail or anything like that.
 

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Sylar1 said:
pokefreak2008 said:
Sylar1 said:
Were they movies? I didn't think they cared that much about people downloading games
thats a lie i downloaded a sims 2 torrent(dont know why) and the service provider i used game me a waring.

It's not a lie, i said "I didn't think" they cared that much
i formally apologies for that i misinterpreted. so sorry there
 

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Alright - to recap, the only thing someone can do for free to protect themselves are:

Private trackers (Invite-only websites)

PeerBlock (Blocks IPs)

Direct Downloads (MegaUpload, MediaFire)


..For free. Are there any other precautions to take?
 

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Blood Fetish said:
Or you could just rent/buy the game.
So you mean he should do what 1% of GBAtemp does?
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Blood Fetish said:
If you people like Nintendo so much why would you do your best to sabotage the company?
It's a weird mental state but I'll try my best to explain.

Most things go up except wages it would seem. Every month there appears to be less and less cash to do anything with. We still love gaming and my mentality kind of says I've paid for the console, a couple of accessories and an extra controller or two. I have brought 10 or so games and really can't afford anymore. I know I can get the games for free relatively easily so, I argue with my self conscious for a short while eventually convincing myself that these greedy fat arse companies probably have enough of my hard earned money and will probably boast about mega profits some time next month. Meanwhile while I'm scraping the bottom of the tin trying to eke out a living. Guilty conscience subdued, I start waving the Jolly Roger merrily in self righteousness.

It's probably how a lot of criminals start out. I little bit of self justification and away you go. If you add, "I'm not physically stealing," "everyone is doing it anyway," and “the only people missing my money are Game Traders and Cash Converters,” then piracy not only becomes justified but hell, it becomes a God given right. Wave the flag people. Right or wrong, I feel fine.
 

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Blood Fetish said:
Video games are cheaper than any other point in history.
You will have to provide some citations or proof for that statement, I'm not really feeling it. I will say though, that that the US seem to on average pay about half the amount for games as we do in the UK.
 

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