AT&T Gets Patent To Monitor and Track File-Sharing Traffic

An anonymous reader writes "Internet provider AT&T has patented a new technology that allows the company to accurately track content being shared via BitTorrent and other P2P networks. The company explains that the technology can be utilized to detect pirated downloads and combat congestion on its network. Whether the company is already using the system to track infringing content, or has plans to do so, is unknown."

Encypted VPNs FTW

[maliqua]

So i guess one should just factor the cost of VPN service into there comparison when deciding which ISP to chose

Obvious

[Thor Ablestar]

The method is simple: Find a link to torrent, check it for copyright violation and try to download registering IPs of peers in process.

The technological countermethod is simple too: I2P or VPN. I2P is a CLOSED network, and it means that you cannot download anything from ordinary Internet but VPN can be used traditionally. There are lots of other P2P networks but I just have no info about them.

The legal countermethod is simple too: Attempt of investigators to download a counterfeit file is a provocation of crime that should not happen without it. And there is no method to ensure that the peer really contains a file except this provocation.

Re:Encypted VPNs FTW

[fredprado]

Sorry my friend, but most of the VPN services used for this end do not keep records and are in places where they are not required to. Who the hell would use a VPN in US, land of the corporations?