BSA.org, my privicy and .......

[xxxyyyzzz]

I have recently been the recipient of the BSA.org's "we have found your customers been an naughty boy" letter from my ISP - strangely enough I am not angry at BSA but I have to say in retrospect - Limewire is the whipping boy here.
Here comes the flamebait - I have been a staunch advocate of limewire for at least the last 14 months and I have strayed once or twice but come back to the performance the clean lines, the connection and download speeds, but due to one major glitch I will be reducing the use of this fine P2P program to desktop decoration and NO more.

Where is the auto update lists for the IP filtering/blocking ??? Is it too much to ask that we - the many - don’t get harassed by the few for the little we share back to the many!

I am no ignoramus I have made the conscious decision to share what was shared to me so I thought why cant Limewire who have gladly taken my money – versed me on the evils of my potential and then let me loose on an unsuspecting world to wreak havoc with XYZ corporation’s multi-squillian dollars bottom line profit projection support me/us with this feature.

So part two of this little tirade is – How is possible that a simple Torrent client can have an autoupdating “safepeer” plug-in but after the amount of development Limewire has enjoyed and the good amount of hard earned money thrown at it to get the PRO version; is the auto update lists for IP blocker too much to ask for??

RIP my little Limy

XXXYYYZZZ

[Lord of the Rings]

Just one comment as I'm passing thru: FAQ (blocking.) Admitedly this page needs some updating, & the only issue with such a suggestion is the diff b/w dynamic & static ips. The people who adopt the new no.s could be affected.

[stief]

XXXYYYZZZ
I hear you, and am sorry to hear of your situation. btw--I don't read your post as flamebait: it's a good question that deserves to be asked.

Here's a few reasons I've come across that indicate blocklistings are a waste of user and developer time.

1. Gnutella is about LEGAL filesharing. It is not built to circumvent the law, even if some users primarily think of it that way. Secure and private networks are "expensive" in bandwidth and thus attract too few users for general p2p use.

2. Blocklists "seem" to work, but really don't. They just give the user a false sense of security on an open network.

3. Blocklists are based on static IP's; the hunters can use dynamic IP's that change daily.

I'm sure the experts have better reasons why such a popular request has yet to be significantly implemented on a wide scale.

Anyway--there's lots of good legitimate content that deserves to be shared, so use LW to collect and help share that stuff. If you do happen to download some files that turn out to contain infringing content, don't share it back.


cheers--and sincerely--best wishes.