Re: Incriminating innocent peer to peer network users

[Jay Sulzberger <jays () panix com>]

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Gregory A. Gilliss wrote:

> ...and other than the fact that you sent this from a hushmail account, this
> has *what* to do with security, exploits, vulnerabilities, etc?
>
> I suggest alt.legal.rants =;^)
>
> G

It is square on topic.

oo--JS.

> On or about 2003.09.27 04:07:29 +0000, auto93146 () hush com (auto93146 () hush com) said:
>
> > There has been a disturbing trend recently whereby "authorities" in the
> > United States of America have been filing lawsuits against peer to peer
> > (P2P) network users for alleged copyright infringement.  The lawsuits
> > typically demand an outrageously large sum of money, such that the target
> > P2P user settles out of court for a smaller amount of money.  As a result,
> >  the quality of the authority's "evidence" is never called into question.
> >
> > I have written a paper that explores this issue by describing just some
> > of the many ways in which a malicious P2P user can generate and manipulate
> > "evidence" in order to implicate an innocent P2P user in behaviour deemed
> > unacceptable to the authorities.  The paper discusses basic issues (such
> > as known issues with the architecture of P2P networks) as well as some
> > more advanced issues (such as previously unknown vulnerabilities in P2P
> > applications) that allow the creation and manipulation of "evidence"
> > of unacceptable behaviour, questioning the ability for authorities to
> > sue P2P network users.
> >
> > The paper can be found at the following URL:
> > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~123456789/p2p_entrapment.pdf
>
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