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Researchers at the University of Washington recently announced that they had managed to fool US film industry body the MPAA into sending formal legal notices to three laser printers, claiming that they had been downloading copies of Iron Man and Indiana Jones.
They had set up their network to fake the relevant internet addresses and the software used by the MPAA was unable to spot this.
Virgin will be on slightly firmer ground because it's their network, and although some users may claim that they have open wireless networks that could have been used by anyone the buck will stop with the account holder.
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That is from that link. Those of you with wireless routers should take note that you will be blamed if someone uses your connection.
The funny part is saying VM is on slightly firmer ground because it is their network. Slightly yes, but only just slightly. Many people get free VM broadband using hacked modems with someone else MAC address in them. That basicly means it looks like someone else is doing the downloading.
For example, I use VM, if someone has cloned my MAC then I could get speed limited if they go over my download limits. It would look like it was me. Also I could be blamed for and illegal downloads. I would like to see it stand up in court with VM's network so open for abuse.