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On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:00:28 +1000, Nostromo <nos...@forme.org> wrote:

>Thus spake Memnoch <mem...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com>, Wed, 08 Jul
>2009 16:12:38 GMT, Anno Domini:
>>
>>There are several programs out there with extensive block lists to stop
>>various agencies from connecting to your computer running the P2P software. I
>>haven't used one of them for ages though since I bought a Cisco PIX as that
>>contains my block lists as firewall rules. Take a look at PeerGuardian 2.
>>
>>http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/
>
>I use this & it seems quite good, with a small system footprint. Whether it
>offers any 'real' level of protection...possibly. If they go after the
>open-barn-doors kiddies instead of me because I'm just that little bit less
>obtrusive, well, job well done I say :).

I think they are more interested in the people who orginated the torrent and
the people facillitating torrent sharing rather than the "end user". Case in
point is the Pirate Bay trial. The way I see it is that they broke the law in
the same way that a school holding a car boot sale breaks the law when someone
gets caught selling dodgy DVDs. The Pirate Bay does not hold any copyright
material, only files that point to users that do, or at least portions of it
and since they can't get them they go after the Pirate Bay instead. Everyone
who owns a VCR or other recording device can and does break copyright but do
they arrest JVC or Panasonic employees?