| from the point-the-finger-point-it-well dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 05, @14:34 (The Internet) |
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An anonymous reader writes "Have you ever wondered what it takes to get
'caught' for copyright infringement on the Internet? Surprisingly, actual
infringement is not required. The New York Times reports that researchers
from the computer science department at the University of Washington have
just [0]released a study that examines [1]how enforcement agencies
monitor P2P networks and what it takes to receive a complaint today.
Without downloading or sharing a single file, their study attracted more
than 400 copyright infringement complaints. Even more disturbing is their
discovery that illegal P2P participation can be easily spoofed; the
researchers managed to frame innocent desktop machines and even several
university printers, all of which received bogus complaints."
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