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Originally Posted by theknife
but how do they find the ip of the releaser once the file has been released? in other words, i can see how they could trace all pieces of a movie back to one source, but how do they know who that source is, once the file has been fully uploaded?
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What they get is essentially the full distribution history of each file, showing when and from which IP number the file became first available, when and from which IP numbers it was downloaded from, when these secondary copies got completed and how long they were shared etc. In other words, it's an open book for the malicious parties to read from. The point is to monitor the process from the very beginning, which is no problem at all with automated software.
With a fully recorded distribution history the bad guys can then file a John Doe case against the original source, to force the ISP to reveal who had the IP number at the given time etc.
- tg
