[tor-talk] Tor relay on home computer

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Your point is valid.
I didn't realise that it was established that the replies were entirely pointless.

Aren't there any real copyright threats?


Robert


> On 09/16/2014 06:20 PM, I wrote:
>> The RISK OF COPYRIGHT THREATS is specifically greatest
>> in USA. Other nations should be assessed individually.
>> Fearmongering is not productive.
> 
> I call it DMCA spam. Spam sent by a botnet: They scrape IPs from torrent
> trackers and send out unsolicited email. Their reply-to address is a
> blackhole. Even after you explain why you're legally not responsible for
> Tor traffic, they keep sending those emails. I don't see any legal
> responsibility to react to every single one of them after a couple. Some
> of our larger ISPs tried to approach them as well, and then as final
> step blackholed the spam.
> 
> The legal situation is pretty much the same in all Western countries.
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