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I think the suggestions to tweak the torrent program's settings are hopeless. The performance should be completely terrible.
I also wonder if it isn't perhaps dangerous to try to use torrents anyway by tweaking the program's settings. The guys that are hunting for pirates might already start writing letters just because an IP showed up in the tracker's swarm, without checking if the computer with the IP was actually uploading something or not.
Using a VPN is $5 a month or so, and I'd guess that's the only way to still use torrents in this situation. This needs some research for what provider to use best for this. Then also needs research on how to set things up on the computer, especially so that the torrent program never falls back to using the normal connection when the VPN connection goes down. All of this seems annoying, right?
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i work billing, cable tech, and internet tech for cox.
How it works on our end is, other companies serve us copyright notices and we serve them to you. We do this because otherwise we get sued and not you and it's not our responsibility to protect you from the consequences of piracy.
Nobody is monitoring you from Cox. What's happening is that all your precious torrent trackers are compromised by legal fishing expeditions and they know most ISPs will serve these notices. Get better, private trackers to avoid this problem, or use tor. If you are straight up publicly torrenting with no obfuscation, it's the same as speeding on a highway. Don't bitch when you get pulled over for a ticket.
***use of us, our, etc, is not intended to imply I'm officially representing cox. I'm off the clock and none of the above is restricted information.
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I just got a notice, but unlike last year where it was just an email, this time they actually temporarily disabled my internet service. So it looked like Cox went all Emeril and kicked it up a notch.
When I tried to load a site, any site, it instead loads an automated Cox page about Digital Millennium Copyright Act... blah blah blah... and to delete the offending file, then call them to reactivate service.
+ Show Spoiler +
The guy on the phone didn't sound like he care at all about the torrenting haha, and said I should've been able to do the reactivation process on my own, without calling the 800#. But some hiccup happened and I ended up needing him to reset my connection from his end.
I'm not sure how their automated system could detect whether I actually deleted the offending file though.
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well, how did they detect it the first time?
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Cox themselves didn't (I don't think). It was... whoever has rights to the show, and they tell Cox to tell inform end user of their "crimes". 1 tainted episode out of 22. 
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It is from a long time ago but i have a question about this
I have an question about it. I used his interner from my brothers home during a trip and i wanted to get subtitles for an english show through a notenglish site. Then it shut him off but he is on a list. I am wondering did i get someone else in teouble? I have no idea what any of it means but i think i messed up a life?
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I got careless several weeks ago, but yeah, its not the ISP, it's another group which then forwards it to the ISP, which then notifies you / landlord / etc. There is a reason I generally don't DL stuff anyway. I just got curious and got caught.
04/25/2016 22:03 - IP-Echelon Compliance wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Dear [MY ISP],
This message is sent on behalf of HOME BOX OFFICE, INC. ("HBO").
We have information leading us to believe that the IP address [MY IP ADDRESS] was
used to download or share Game of Thrones without authorization (additional
details are listed below). HBO owns the copyright or exclusive rights to Game of
Thrones, and the unauthorized download or distribution constitutes copyright
infringement. Downloading unauthorized or unknown content is also a security risk
for computers, devices, and networks.
As the owner of the IP address, HBO requests that [MY ISP] immediately
contact the subscriber who was assigned the IP address at the date and time below
with the details of this notice, and take the proper steps to prevent further
downloading or sharing of unauthorized content and additional infringement
notices.
We also encourage you to inform the subscriber that HBO programming can easily be
watched and streamed on many devices legally by adding HBO to the subscriber’s
television package.
We have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material detailed below is
not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. The information in
this notice is accurate and we state, under penalty of perjury, that we are
authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly
infringed. This letter is not a complete statement of HBO's rights in connection
with this matter, and nothing contained herein constitutes an express or implied
wavier of any rights or remedies of HBO in connection with this matter, all of
which are expressly reserved.
We appreciate your assistance and thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Your prompt response is requested. Any further enquiries can be directed to
copyright@ip-echelon.com. Please include this message with your enquiry to ensure
a quick response.
Respectfully,
Adrian Leatherland
CEO
IP-Echelon
Email: copyright@ip-echelon.com
Address: 6715 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, 90028, United States
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On June 06 2012 05:47 Boblhead wrote:
still torrenting anything other than porn. 4shared, mediafire are probably the best ways to DL stuff smaller than 1gb. You can get a VPN that allows for torrenting usually they will only see encrypted data going through their servers and not actual torrent stuff.
IRC is the way to go actually, but it's not very noob friendly 
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Well you can legally buy weapons,
and then use them to shoot guys in the US.
BUT YOU DO NOT DOWNLOAD BECAUSE THEN YOU ARE A MASTER CRIMINAL WHO DESERVES TO BE PUT DOWN!
And in the US you will have more spying on you and your internet and everything then they will ever get on some terrorist cell.
Well played, well played .....
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I guess you can say... that's dickish of them.
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On June 22 2016 04:11 Holy_AT wrote:
Well you can legally buy weapons,
and then use them to shoot guys in the US.
BUT YOU DO NOT DOWNLOAD BECAUSE THEN YOU ARE A MASTER CRIMINAL WHO DESERVES TO BE PUT DOWN!
And in the US you will have more spying on you and your internet and everything then they will ever get on some terrorist cell.
Well played, well played .....
ah, yes. because piracy is illegal only in the US. go away.
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I've gotten similar notices before, many years ago. I switched to private trackers and it hasn't been an issue since.
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