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The site may be safe, not the people downlaoding

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Tidus1177, Nov 5, 2007.

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  1. Tidus1177

    Tidus1177 Member

    Dear fellow members of romulation, yes the tracker is gonna save the site, but it is not gonna save the individual you from the clutches of the ESA or any organization that is cracking down on roms. they cant hurt the site but they can go after the individual person downloading using the tracker. so let you all be warned 8) 8)
     
    Tidus1177, Nov 5, 2007
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  2. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    That's the danger of using trackers, but as far as I know the ESA don't bother with going after individual people, and with technologies such as peer guardian you can cut it down heavily.
     
    Seph, Nov 5, 2007
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  3. Crashtehelf

    Crashtehelf Well-Known Member

    they are more interested in getting the people who put the pirated software on the internet, not the leechers; because if there is no one to share content, there will be no leechers
     
    Crashtehelf, Nov 5, 2007
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  4. Aegix

    Aegix Well-Known Member

    :p I don't care. As long as the site is up in some function (even just the forums) I'm happy.
     
    Aegix, Nov 5, 2007
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  5. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    That would be like killing a wasp and leaving the nest. They aren't likely to do it.
     
    Loonylion, Nov 5, 2007
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  6. Tidus1177

    Tidus1177 Member

    Yes peer gurdian helps but even using it i got a sease and diseas or what ever for downlaoding a game, even with the peer guardian on.
     
    Tidus1177, Nov 5, 2007
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  7. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    Not saying it can't happen, just saying it makes it more unlikely.
    Also stay clear of large public trackers, something as small as RomUlation would be wouldn't have quite the same level of monitoring.
     
    Seph, Nov 5, 2007
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  8. MusicAddict911

    MusicAddict911 Well-Known Member

    Can I ask why your computer was confisicated? Just wondering. :p
     
    MusicAddict911, Nov 6, 2007
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  9. Void

    Void Well-Known Member

    I share neonfire's curiosity. :p

    Anyways, I'm not too worried about it. It's a risk you take with everything related to piracy. If you use your head, you can avoid most problems.
     
    Void, Nov 6, 2007
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  10. kaiden

    kaiden Well-Known Member

    oh noes! i must prepare myself against the australian government!
     
    kaiden, Nov 6, 2007
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  11. cfiniris

    cfiniris Well-Known Member

    Excuse my ignorance, but......how exactly is that any different from before?
     
    cfiniris, Nov 6, 2007
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  12. Almo

    Almo Well-Known Member

    LMAO yes, also I am in New Zealand, as if Helen Clarke is gonna do anything ! :p
     
    Almo, Nov 6, 2007
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  13. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    Because before only WE had the logs, when you download via torrents technically everyone you download from has the logs.
     
    Seph, Nov 6, 2007
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  14. sir spamalot

    sir spamalot Well-Known Member

    i like the forum... i say this site should host some homebrew as well
     
    sir spamalot, Nov 6, 2007
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  15. DrWarm

    DrWarm Member

    Yeh I like living in little Australia sometimes, for reasons like this. Although anything can change in the future.

    I would imagine that in other countries you would still have to do something pretty extreme to be hunted down by the feds, especially since millions of ppl use torrents.

    The benifit I've heard of using PeerGuardian is that the feds aren't supposed to share files, or download illegally themselves and this blocks IPs that just sit there?

    I think for romulation, you should definately set it up like many sites do where you need to put your password in to download a torrent file and make it so you need to maintain a certain ratio. Also helps out your bandwidth!!

    Just my thoughts.
     
    DrWarm, Nov 6, 2007
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  16. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    what happens is the feds upload stuff, then arrest the people that download it. Peer guardian blocks known IPs that belong to law organisations. However, if you do get caught from this, you can plead entrapment, which is illegal in most civillised countries and such a plea would make any evidence against you inadmissible. Entrapment is the act of encouraging someone to break a law so that you can bust them. The feds offering the software is considered encouragement, therefore if you entered a plea of entrapment in such a situation it is highly likely the case would be thrown out.
     
    Loonylion, Nov 6, 2007
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  17. jinja

    jinja Well-Known Member

    anybody in south africa looking over their backs wondering if the ESA is watching?
     
    jinja, Nov 6, 2007
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  18. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    The ESA only really operate inside the US...
     
    Seph, Nov 6, 2007
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  19. jinja

    jinja Well-Known Member

    safe
     
    jinja, Nov 6, 2007
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  20. calvin_0

    calvin_0 Well-Known Member

    so now this have just become just like Torent Tracker.....damn....i dont really like torrent....anyway i'm glad that the site is back online..and i dont think they will come up to all the user, if they do, I'm in Malaysia i would like to see them capture me. XD
     
    calvin_0, Nov 7, 2007
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