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Originally Posted by Circa89
It happened to me a few months back and Telus said hey we know you downloaded Movie "X", please do not do that, however we will not release your IP address UNLESS ordered to do so by a court.
So now I guess the courts may in fact order IP addresses be provided by ISP's.
Bye bye bit Torrent from me until I hear how this is shaking down.
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Don't take this as gospel, but if I had to guess they were more worried about you using their bandwidth that the content you downloaded. At the time you downloaded the movie, there wasn't anything technically illegal about it. They more than likely sent you that notice to scare you off from downloading movies, which uses a lot of bandwidth, rather than to express concern for copyright infringement. At the time they sent you the notice, it was illegal for them to give out your personal info and I very much doubt they could enforce this law retroactively.
But like you said its probably a good idea to stay away from bit torrent until we see how this all pans out. I have a feeling it will be enforced about as rigidly as jay-walking laws in Montreal (ie not very). Its far easier for them to go after someone in the US anyway, to avoid international law/treaty concerns. The RIAA and MPAA will probably make an example of a few Canadians to show how great their new law is, but after that, I imagine they'll go after Americans which is far easier from a legal perspective.
Like I said, just my 2 cents, but its always better to err on the side of caution.