Copyright Infringement & Tor
Yes, I've blogged about this earlier. And now, almost a year after setting up a Tor exit-node, I've got my 5th Copyright infringement notice. Apparently I have infringed(?) upon:
- 2010-03-16 - Harry Potter audio books
- 2010-05-16 - Iron Man 2
- 2010-09-29 - Eureka
- 2010-12-24 - Despicable Me
- 2011-01-03 - Naruto
- 2011-01-05 - House MD
Again, for the record: half of the stuff up there I didn't even know (and, in retrospect, I would've been happier to not have looked them up). Also, with the configured exit policy in place, BitTorrent downloads are not even possible. But how to explain this to a lawyer?
Update: OK, I'm giving in. After another notice only 2 days after the last one and only two weeks after the 4th notice, I've decided to run a bridge node. As I cannot use any of those good hints for running an exit node, I see no other choice than running a bridge. It's better than nothing, I guess :-\
$ diff torrc{.exit,} 19c19 < SocksListenAddress 192.168.0.106:9050 --- > SocksPort 0 24,25c24,25 < SocksPolicy accept 192.168.0.0/24 < SocksPolicy reject * --- > # SocksPolicy accept 192.168.0.0/24 > # SocksPolicy reject * 168,169c168,169 < #BridgeRelay 1 < #ExitPolicy reject *:* --- > BridgeRelay 1 > ExitPolicy reject *:*