[tor-relays] BitTorrent complaint

[bartels]

On 04/11/2013 08:56 PM, Moritz Bartl wrote:
> On 11.04.2013 11:56, bartels wrote:
>>> >>  I totally agree. That's why our relays allow every port except 25. But,
>>> >>  in the event that DMCA complaints scare away the ISP (or the exit
>>> >>  operator), they should go for the reduced exit policy (and look for a
>>> >>  better ISP), instead of randomly dropping packets or otherwise filtering
>>> >>  traffic, which is just mean (and probably illegal).
>> >  Illegal? Why would it be illegal? Or mean?
> Mean: Tor specifically has the exit policy to be able to select an exit
> that allows that outgoing connection. If an exit relay then drops that
> connection silently, Tor (and the user) cannot know it needs to select a
> different exit. The connections simply fail. That is totally mean.
>

Okay, I get your point. By the way, I am not arguing, just trying to understand.
Rejecting via Exit Policy is fine; disturbing the network concept is not necessary.

I don't see the legal issue, though. Maybe it is there, but I don't see how rejecting sites via Exit Policy ;) would trigger any one of  (1) 
through (5).

- bartels