How is vuze not illegal

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We encourage you to learn more, though. Other than supporting and respecting the rights of creators, artists, and rights holders under the laws as they exist and that isn't to say that certain laws should not be modified, or that the interpretation or application of those laws is always fair or just, or do not have unintended consequences , and being against copyright infringement and other misuses of P2P technology, we just provide a neutral technology and do not take a position endorsing or supporting any particular viewpoints,.

Also, we encourage you to support authors and artists whose works you like. But ultimately, unfortunately, we can't give you advice about any of this. Vuze has evolved as well. Vuze has a strong emphasis on community; users are able to create channels for content, rate, and have conversations around content. Producers can upload their original works and can even charge a download or rental fee. Posts: Threads: 2 Joined: Aug Reputation: 9. Yes Vuze is legal to use but that does not necessarily mean that what you choose to download with it is legal.

That is what copyright infringement means. You downloaded copyrighted material. Some copyright nazi caught you doing that.

Apparently you ignored that strike and you were caught downloading copyrighted material again. Again the copyright nazi reported you to your ISP who then issued you with a second strike.

Once you get six strikes your ISP will drop you. For more information about the "six strikes rule". As far as what you can do about it. Posts: Threads: 4 Joined: Aug Reputation: 3. Ensure that you have the "security" settings in your Vuze clients configured adequately.

DO NOT tick the other boxes. Again, tick box for "enable key passing to trackers". If you want to be extra cautious , further down this page you will notice an option for selecting networks from which your client Vuze will accept peers seeds and leechers. Deselect "Public IP Network ".

Again, deselect "Public IP Network ". Then, above that, you will see a selection of "Peer Sources". ONLY tick "From a tracker ". Deselect the other choices. That was very thorough, thanks! Sorry but ignore everything ekstasee said.

None of that has made any difference at all in about 5 years. Anti file sharing nazis do not get information by viewing your data stream so encrypting stuff makes no difference or hacking into peer lists or whatever. They have not done that for years. They do something much more basic. They download the. Every time a new user comes into the swarm they make a note of the IP address. They look up the ip address and if it goes to an ISP who is in the same legal jurisdiction as the copyright holder.

Then the ISP issues you with a strike or a warning. None of what ekstasee said significantly reduces the risk of that.

Yes you can hide your peer identity doing those things.