Linked by Tony Steidler-Dennison on Tue 8th Jul 2008 12:11 UTC, submitted by LostAirman
The way the Internet is set up now, an I.P. address, by itself, doesn't identify an individual user. But an I.P. address can be traced to a specific Internet service provider, and with a subpoena, the Internet provider can be forced to identify which of their customers was assigned a particular I.P. address at a particular time. That is how the recording industry has been identifying and suing people who use file sharing programs.
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2006-06-09
I'll bet that it wont take long before we start to see power users using pseudo-anonymous technologies like I2P, TOR or ANTS networks and the like. Plus encrypted exchanges.
Which in the end will be counter-productive for the music/movie industries but, unfortunatly, the far more important fight against pedophily networks, drugs and other dangerous organization using the Net.
All to protect an anchronic physical-media business model that worked only because duplication had a cost, which made every item far rarer than its digital immaterial version.
Mission accomplished, guys.