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Originally Posted by Agent 488
what about services that anonymizes the ip of the torrent user? what happens then?
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If you use software such as BitTorrent and eDonkey (as well as related clients like Azureus and eMule, respectively), you will automatically be uploading whatever you are currently downloading. In eDonkey, these files may appear in search results and thus become visible to the MPAA and RIAA. In BitTorrent, you must connect to a BitTorrent "tracker" to download a file, and your Internet address is visible to anyone else -- including the MPAA or RIAA -- connected to that tracker. In these instances, you may be at greater risk.
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BitTorrent and eDonkey do not work with hidden IPīs. The user is forced to show his actual and real IP, otherwise no data exchange is possible. There are a number of tools that try to 'hide' from copyright organisations by using a blacklist of IP addresses that the software will not be allowed to ask data from. Note that this is not a foolproof solution, because it is only as good as the blacklist is (and as soon as they register a new IP address, it's not perfect any more).
http://superuser.com/questions/12641...n-file-sharing