tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post6987210298560814008..comments2024-02-29T03:26:17.906-05:00Comments on Recording Industry vs The People: North Carolina State University "John Doe #2" doesn't exist, MediaSentry report apparently false, reports Technician Onlineraybeckermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11063235302436280455noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-74810013383082210152008-03-14T01:58:00.000-04:002008-03-14T01:58:00.000-04:00At NCSU, almost all machines are assigned top leve...At NCSU, almost all machines are assigned top level IP addresses. (152.###.###.###) This includes dorm residences. IP addresses are matched to MAC addresses and anytime that association changes it is logged. In this case, the RIAA identified an IP address as belonging to an infringer when in fact the IP address had never been assigned. <BR/><BR/>This wasn't an issued of a NATing device causing ambiguity. This was a case of the RIAA trying to accuse a person who never existed. They somehow came up with an IP address that was never in use. To me, it sounds like they are just making up lists of numbers. <BR/><BR/>Hell, I can make up a list of dates, times and IP address right now. Some of them might even match to an actualy piece of computer hardware. Maybe I can sue one of the laser printers in Sullivan Hall, my old dorm back in the day. Goodness knows I'm entitled to damages for all the frustration those things have caused me.<BR/><BR/>152.1.3.206<BR/>152.2.211.156<BR/>152.1.7.3<BR/><BR/>I can has discovery?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959110972288433461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-848823205117618672008-03-13T11:56:00.000-04:002008-03-13T11:56:00.000-04:00XK-E asked why it was #2 and not #1 who was kept.y...XK-E asked why it was #2 and not #1 who was kept.<BR/><BR/>you are right XK-E normaly it's "the number one" that is kept.<BR/><BR/>See my answer why not this time on Rays earlier post already linked above where that question came up for the first time and Ray did not object to my explaination so I guess I read the decision correctly back then :-)Alter_Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861406779872744163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-72765095731535317292008-03-13T08:57:00.000-04:002008-03-13T08:57:00.000-04:00Actually, the statement "certain individual" proba...Actually, the statement "certain individual" probably means that there is a NAT device in the way. Maybe an open wireless network in the library or cafeteria?<BR/>Or maybe the school contacted the student, and the student proved it was using a nat device.<BR/>I agree that mediasentry probably doesn't know what it is doing, but I think the explicit text indicates that there was a NAT device.David Laskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772639057312840464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-4808950032431755952008-03-13T03:02:00.000-04:002008-03-13T03:02:00.000-04:00Reminds me of old archived emails and Usenet posts...Reminds me of old archived emails and Usenet posts from annoyed sysadmins dealing with MediaSentry complaints over unassigned or nonexistent IP addresses. My Google-fu is weak at the moment, but I know the messages are still out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-37732517195354545852008-03-12T22:51:00.000-04:002008-03-12T22:51:00.000-04:00hopefully this will help to expose the rouse and g...hopefully this will help to expose the rouse and gambit that the riaa's been playing at the courts' expense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-40455831166050593802008-03-12T22:26:00.000-04:002008-03-12T22:26:00.000-04:00It could, but the article states that they can't t...It could, but the article states that they can't tie the IP to an individual. The IP could be a router with several PC's behind a nat (dorm room or on-campus apartment for example, my daughter had three roommates with an in-room router)<BR/><BR/>It does take us back to the old -- nay ancient -- argument than an IP address is NOT AN INDIVIDUAL. <BR/><BR/>Or, as Patrick McGoohan used to say: "I am not a number, I am a human being!" <BR/><BR/>-_ RickRick Boatrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09784119259686141351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-79931344999162297552008-03-12T20:13:00.000-04:002008-03-12T20:13:00.000-04:00While this appears to be poetic justice, or true i...While this appears to be poetic justice, or true irony, why was Doe #2 kept? Normally aren't all Does after Doe #1 severed when improper joinder is determined?<BR/><BR/>XK-EAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com