Do Eircom, etc track RS/Megaupload downloads, or just P2P?

Marchandire

Hello,

As the title says, I'm wondering if Eircom (or other ISPs) track downloads from Rapidshare or other such sites, or are they solely concerned with P2P downloaders? I have a mate who downloads TV shows/movies via RS and he often recommends that I do the same. However, I'm not interested if it's going to mean I'm stuck with a load of hassle from Eircom. Does anyone know if they track RS the same as bittorrent? Thanx.

yoyo

They track neither afaik, however copyright companies can easily track P2P apps like Torrents, Limewire etc type programmes, as by the nature they are peer to peer and your IP address must be connecting to them

Nick

Podman

Eircom blocks my access to The Pirate Bay site, here is the text when i'm redirected..


ACCESS TO THIS IP ADDRESS RELATING TO THE PIRATE BAY WEBSITE HAS BEEN BLOCKED

WHY?
On the 24 July 2009, an Order was made by the High Court requiring eircom to block or otherwise disable access by its subscribers to the website thePirateBay.org, its related domain names, IP addresses and URLs. The Court was satisfied that on the basis of the evidence presented by the record companies that the PirateBay website is a website that facilitates the exchange of copyrighted sound recordings without the consent of the copyright owners.
eircom recognises the legitimate rights of the owners of copyrighted material and believes that individuals who share or download copyrighted material without the authorisation or the permission of the copyright owner are acting illegally.
The Order further provides that should the PirateBay website content be legitimatised in the future, then eircom has liberty to apply to the Court to have the Order vacated and access to the PirateBay website enabled.
eircom in compliance with the Order has agreed that access to the website the PirateBay.org, its related domain names, IP addresses and URLs from the eircom network will be blocked indefinitely from the 1st September 2009.
eircom would like to reassure customers that:

• eircom will not monitor customer’s activities at any stage, nor will it place any monitoring equipment or software on its network in order to facilitate this block.
• eircom will not provide personal details or any information relating to customers to any third party, including the record companies.

Other operator customers:
If you are a customer with another operator please contact your operator directly regarding this message.



LEGAL DOWNLOADING:
There is an abundance of other websites that provide content without infringing the rights of copyright holders. For a list of some of those sites please look here.
eircom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the four major labels and is in discussions with them to develop an innovative new music service for eircom and non-eircom customers. This new music service is expected to launch in the next few months

FURTHER QUESTIONS
If you have questions or concerns that you would like to discuss please contact eircom broadband support on 1890 260 260.

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yoyo

chompy wrote: »

• eircom will not monitor customer’s activities at any stage, nor will it place any monitoring equipment or software on its network in order to facilitate this block.
• eircom will not provide personal details or any information relating to customers to any third party, including the record companies.

Where does it say they track users activity there? They do block a torrent site yes, but no mention of tracking people on other torrent sites or rapidshare link ones..

Nick