TELECOM Digest OnLine - Sorted: Re: Movie Studios to Sue Internet File Traders

Re: Movie Studios to Sue Internet File Traders

Dave Garland (dave.garland@wizinfo.com)
Sat, 20 Nov 2004 00:15:28 -0600

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: But many IP addresses are not static,
> but dynamic. What do they do then to find the person who 'stole' the
> movie or the piece of music? PAT]

They subpoena the information from the ISP. ISP logs will usually
identify the particular customer.

A few ISPs who are concerned with their customers' privacy have made a
point of having a very short retention cycle for logs, sufficient for
them to deal with abuse, but short enough so that the logs probably will
be deleted before outsiders get it together to demand them. Those ISPs
are worthy of patronage.

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