IANAL but I would assume, due to the nature of peer to peer networks, and seeing how those files are kept in a shared directory, for the peer to peer network, that any privacy laws that MAY have applied would be nulled. However! I think there may be a case IF the MPAA cannot prove that those files were actually their content. Unless they actually downloaded those files, and verified that is was actually their property, I don't see how that case could stand in court, based on a filename. That could be porn you were hiding from your parents, so you renamed it to movies they hate, so they wouldn't look at it. - Vince > This is my first post :) > > /me wonders how the MPAA/etc knew that those files > contained videos .. > > So, if they had to open *your* copies of those files > to determine their content, isn't that an infringement > of any privacy law in the US ? > > jasonk > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free > http://sbc.yahoo.com > On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 20:17, jasonk wrote: > <snip> > > > ------=_Part_38152_15391325.1026155139639 > > Content-Type: text/plain; > name=case517703-1-gnutella.txt > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename=case517703-1-gnutella.txt > > > > Gnutella Incident > > > > Date: 2002-07-02 04:08:38 GMT > > Host: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > > > > Index Size Name > > ----- ------ > --------------------------------------------------- > > 11 259 MB (smr)harry_potter-ts(1of2).avi > > 12 196 MB > (smr)jay_and_silent_bob_strike_back-wp(2of2).avi > > 13 137 MB ctp - windtalkers - svcd to divx > (1of2).avi > > 14 42 MB South park - 603 - Asspen(DivX).avi > > 15 43 MB > Southpark_-_504_Super_best_friends(DivX).avi > > 16 52 MB > Southpark_-_505_Terrance_and_Garfunkel(DivX).avi > > 17 53 MB > South_Park_0413-Trapper_Keeper_(DivX).avi > > 18 94 MB The Simpsons - Crayon Brain (Divx).avi > > -end- > > > > ------=_Part_38152_15391325.1026155139639-- > > > </snip> >
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