Re: Biggest BitTorrent Downloading Case in U.S. History Targets 23,000 Defendants

["Howell, Paul" <grue () UMICH EDU>]

Roger,

Having perused the list of IPs and ISPs, it appears to be mostly home users and some business users, but no 
universities.   Is that your conclusion as well?

< paul


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Subject: [SECURITY] Biggest BitTorrent Downloading Case in U.S. History Targets 23,000 Defendants


“At least 23,000 file sharers soon will likely get notified they are being sued for downloading the Expendables in what 
has become the single largest illegal-BitTorrent-downloading case in U.S. history.”

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/05/biggest-bittorrent-case/

The article has a link to the IP’s, in case you want to check for your institution.

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