From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 19 06:02:37 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECC0C106566B for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 06:02:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFF138FC16 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 06:02:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-103-124.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.103.124]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3D351D8E3 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:02:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id p6J62X2X001629 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:02:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:02:33 +0200 From: Polytropon To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20110719080233.dc206e63.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <201107190323.p6J3NSHM028311@mail.r-bonomi.com> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Tools to find "unlegal" files ( videos , music etc ) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 06:02:38 -0000 On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:05:27 -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote: > Go to hell. He wants to rename the files that are illegal > to ones that aren't. It's not the file names that matter, it's the content. Just assume that students at a university use a file server to store pr0n although the terms of use prohibit doing so, in one way or another. Then a clever student renames a 650 MB movie to "My new essay 1.Doc". Although the file name does not look suspicious, the content is still illegal. With "illegal" in this context, a violation of the terms of use is meant. It doesn't neccessarily imply any copyright infingement, illegal copy, pirated copy or the like. Of course, if a student illegally downloads music and then names the tracks "My holiday 1.Jpeg", "My holiday 2.Jpeg", "My holiday 3.Jpeg" and so on - the files being MP3 files he pirated from somewhere - then you would in most countries definitely have a case as you described. But after all, it depends on country-specific laws on what's considered illegal in _whatever_ context. > That's circumventing copyright law and would land him or her > in jail. This topic, based solely on ethics, should not be > discussed as any suggestions that this is LEGAL to do supports > copyright violations. I think the question indicates the OP's struggle _against_ such actions. > I would record those names and DELETE them but only if the TOS > supports it. In most cases, TOS include certain permissions for IT operations staff to "maintain system healthcare" which traditionally includes a certain surveillance of user activity and file contents. > If it does not, then you get the DCMA notice and handle it > accordingly from the copyright holder. Applies to the U.S. only, correct? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...