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Originally Posted by Azure
Oh darn. I guess we're all screwed now.
How on earth do you they know you're downloading 'movies?'
Just because your Bittorrent traffic is high, doesn't mean you're illegally downloading anything.
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They track certain files. They manually download the suspected files, and check the content. Once its been flagged as a copyrighted material a unique hash code is generated for that file. They can then determine who else has the exact copy of that file by checking the hash codes of the files you're sharing. If you have a matching file, you get flagged as a copyright violator.
Generally speaking, they only go after the most shared files (ie blockbuster movies and Top 40 songs) since they can flag a lot of offenders in one shot, but that doesn't mean you're safe if you only download unpopular stuff....