Can cox suspend account for downloading torrenting

What can i do to prevent myself from being detected while using a torrent program. Should i be worried. I usually back up my games that i own by dl'ing a torrent of it because that way i don't have to fight with the games ingame countermeasures securerom, and simalar. Joined Jul 29, Messages 0.

I think that is nearly impossible, almost anyone who has Internet had atleast downloaded something, and they don't care about it. First, if you DO have the game, I don't see the problem downloading it. Duffman New Member. Joined Dec 5, Messages 1, 0. Pocono, PA System Specs. Joined Feb 20, Messages 4, 0. I think if you can prove that you legally own a copy of the game and were obtaining the copy for back up purposes only you may be able to get it reversed.

Joined Mar 28, Messages 2, 0. System Specs. Try using Steam -- I know they let you register CD-key's you already own, and next time you can get a copy of the game that way.

I wouldn't be worried at all. IANAL, but I don't think they'd be bothering to scare you if they actually had a case -- you'd just be getting the papers in the mail, like most people do. FordGT90Concept "I go fast! Joined Oct 13, Messages 26, 5. What I would do is basically give Cox the finger by saying something like this: So you're punishing me for using your service?

Since when was it any of your business what I do? If you don't get my Internet back on, I am cancelling my account, reporting this incident to the Better Business Beuro harassment , and I don't expect to see a bill for the remainder of this month.

I'd imagine that phone call would end pretty quick if it went like that Why that works is because Cox shouldn't care. Their job, as an Internet Service Provider, is only to make sure bits sent and received get to you. The messages contained in those bits are completely irrelevant to what you are paying them to do. Make it about them, not you. As mdm said, if this were actually serious, you'd get a formal letter in the mail.

This is basically a feeler trying to get people to confess and if they confess, they have an easy case to make. You can always use Peer Guardian to attempt to block these lawyers from hounding you but I don't know how effective it is.

Also, try a different tracker than isohunt. The Pirate Bay and Mininova are great. Joined Jun 20, Messages 3, 0. That's freaky, I was just thinking about this earlier - how far ISPs and authorities go in regards to individual users and piracy. It seems like 'big crackdowns' aren't really in the computing news that much anymore. I was still under the impression that as long as money isn't involved i.

But the fact that some individual requested an investigation is odd, and the fact that they divulged those details to you is even more odd. Joined Jul 9, Messages 10, 1. Peer Guardian is pretty good stuff and its always updated. You can also encrypt your internet as well. Joined Feb 1, Messages 9, 1. They cannot legally do that.

Downloading Linux variants that come in torrents is legal. You should make a huge fuss about it, threaten a lawsuit. First you need to clear your HD though, then take them down. Joined Jul 19, Messages 43, 7. Computer programs and video games distributed in formats that have become obsolete and that require the original media or hardware as a condition of access, when circumvention is accomplished for the purpose of preservation or archival reproduction of published digital works by a library or archive.

A format shall be considered obsolete if the machine or system necessary to render perceptible a work stored in that format is no longer manufactured or is no longer reasonably available in the commercial marketplace.

A renewed exemption, first approved in Last edited: Oct 30, Joined Jun 16, Messages 3, 0. There's no point in clearing your hard drive. Or sign in with one of these services. Every week, Internet service providers in the United States receive copyright infringement notices from rightsholders. ISPs are required to forward these notices to the allegedly infringing customers so that they can take appropriate action, including stopping any infringement and deleting the content in question.

In cases where a single notice has been sent to an infringer, this is usually the end of the matter. However, when the same user receives more than one complaint, further action is required. Specifics do not have to be made public. Of course, this creates uncertainty among users. Even when approached directly, ISPs refuse to detail exactly what their processes are, meaning that users simply have to find out as they go along. In , we revealed how ISP Cox handed down a six-month suspension after receiving multiple copyright complaints.

Twelve months later it appears that Comcast is handing out suspensions too but following an altogether less punitive model. These will have contained the specifics of the alleged infringement so with those having been sent, Comcast is taking the next step. TorrentFreak has contacted the recipient of the alert for additional information, including precisely how many times they had previously received a DMCA notice and whether the temporary suspension caused any hardship.

At the time of writing we have yet to receive a response but Comcast indicates that should any additional complaints come in, action against the account will be escalated. Further notifications may result in your Xfinity Internet account being suspended again or terminated. The DMCA does not dictate what kind of steps should be taken when multiple copyright complaints are filed against an account. At least in theory, ISPs could turn to their terms of service and terminate accounts pretty quickly.

However, it appears that most prefer to take a graduated response by providing several opportunities to correct any issues such as people stopping the sharing of copyrighted content using BitTorrent before taking more punitive steps. The big question is whether that will prove much of a deterrent. The more important point is the drawing of a line in the sand by Comcast. As the alert clearly lays out, another DMCA notice will result in a longer suspension, which will be placed on record with the other complaints.

Posted July 1. That's why it's better downloading torrents through VPN. You are posting as a guest.