Fwd: Re: DMCA Infringement Notification: Copies of 14 complaints

[Mike Perry]

Hrmm. You probably shouldn't be running an exit router on your home
Internet connection, either. To my knowledge, no one has ever had
their door kicked in in the USA for running an exit router, but there
have been phone calls and visits. In other countries, people have had
all of their computing equipment seized, and in rare cases, have had
charges brought against them for copyrighted or other material found
that was completely unrelated to Tor.

It's best to keep your home connection running as middle or bridge
only, unless you are fully prepared for the risks of increased
attention to your home.


Thus spake scar (scar at drigon.com):

> Dmca violations are treated seriously by Qwest and if they continue
> you will lose your DSL service.  You mentioned you were operating a
> "Tor exit router" which normally is used for the purpose of hiding
> ip addresses. If you are allowing people on the internet to hide
> their ip addresses by routing through your DSL  "Tor exit router",
> then you are violating your DSL service agreement with Qwest.  You
> can find the Qwest DSL service agreement at
> http://www.qwest.com/legal/highspeedinternetsubscriberagreement.
> Under "7. Service Conditions" it state that your residential DSL
> service is only for the use of your  pcs within your home. You
> cannot allow others, outside your house,  to use it for the purpose
> of hiding their ip addresses.  You also are responsible for any
> harmful or illegal traffic that comes from your DSL modem. The fact
> that your "Tor service" is a configured to block the most common
> ports associated with abuse does not release you from this
> responsibility. If you are charging money for the use of the "Tor
> service" then you are violating the terms of both your residential
> phone service and your residential DSL service with Qwest as you are
> not allowed to use either for running a business.
> 
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-- 
Mike Perry
Mad Computer Scientist
fscked.org evil labs
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