I’ve been running an exit relay for about 3 days and, sure enough, some BitTorrent bugger caused sh3lls.net to send me a DMCA nastygram:
> We have got the following complain, please remove all illegal torrents > immediately from your server: > > Evidentiary Information > Title: Suits (TV) > Infringement Source: BitTorrent > Initial Infringement Timestamp: 17 Oct 2013 22:06:17 GMT Recent Infringement > Timestamp: 17 Oct 2013 22:06:17 GMT Infringing Filename: Suits Season 3 > Episode 6 (The Other Time) (HDTV x264)-ASAP (1GBps SeedBox).mp4 URL if > applicable: > Infringing File size: 364405400 > Infringers IP Address: 64.32.14.34 > Bay ID: 7fbb4256bfca558d5a809b9f6536b5fd5e4e782d|364405400 > Port ID: 33788 I followed through with the templates provided by the Tor Project as a response to the DMCA takedown notification. A day later, the ISP sent me this: > Dear Christopher > Whether you run Tor or not, we even told you in past, it's your > responsibility to stop all abuse > If Tor is causing it, stop the program Tor on your server, if we get another > complain we will have to suspend/terminate your services > > tor always always gets lots and lots of abuse and complains > > Update us within 24 hours > > Thanks I was never provided with the full text of the original DMCA complaint, so I was unable to respond. Furthermore, I was never “even told…in the past” that I had to stop all abuse caused by Tor. Tor is not singled out in the ToS or AUP. And I was certainly never told anything in the past about abuse and Tor specifically. As I said, first warning. Then there’s the “tor always always gets lots and lots of abuse and complains [sic]”. Which is kind of bizarre, because their position on tor seems a bit cagey. Does the claim about lots of abuse mean they won’t allow exit nodes? Or is that just a “hint” that I’d be better off not trying to run it? And this is an ISP I picked from the good list. Suggestions are welcome. I’m running with the default exit node policy, which should block most of the abuse-laden ports. BitTorrent’s a little harder to deal with. I’ve no qualms working with the ISP to mitigate their concerns, but I’m not sensing their returning the same spirit of cooperation. .cpj
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