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<blockquote data-quote="Novem5er" data-source="post: 4293071" data-attributes="member: 57859">A couple of points here, not based on any legal knowledge, but just observations from working in the Internet business, and following other cases like this in the past:1- Your IP address (logged on a torrent site - IF they log them), does not in any way contain your name or home address. It's just a number. Any investigator would then have to appeal to the ISP that IP came from for THEIR records of which customer was assigned that IP at the date and time specified.Most ISPs are very reluctant to release their IP records, as it's a customer privacy issue. Usually it takes a warrant or subpoena.To get a warrant or subpoena, a company/organization has to convince a law enforcement body to convince a judge that one is necessary.Keep in mind that this happens successfully all the time, in cases of Internet fraud or even nastier crimes. But the severity of any possible crime brings us to point #2:2 - WotC would have to decide to investigate/prosecute fans/customers of their products. Just an aside, for an industry that depends solely on the fervor of a minority population, I don't think it would be good public relations to investigate/prosecute people who have probably also spent $100s on their products.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Novem5er, post: 4293071, member: 57859"] A couple of points here, not based on any legal knowledge, but just observations from working in the Internet business, and following other cases like this in the past: 1- Your IP address (logged on a torrent site - IF they log them), does not in any way contain your name or home address. It's just a number. Any investigator would then have to appeal to the ISP that IP came from for THEIR records of which customer was assigned that IP at the date and time specified. Most ISPs are very reluctant to release their IP records, as it's a customer privacy issue. Usually it takes a warrant or subpoena. To get a warrant or subpoena, a company/organization has to convince a law enforcement body to convince a judge that one is necessary. Keep in mind that this happens successfully all the time, in cases of Internet fraud or even nastier crimes. But the severity of any possible crime brings us to point #2: 2 - WotC would have to decide to investigate/prosecute fans/customers of their products. Just an aside, for an industry that depends solely on the fervor of a minority population, I don't think it would be good public relations to investigate/prosecute people who have probably also spent $100s on their products. [/QUOTE]

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