Hey friends!

Let’s say (hypothetically) that my friend got a (hypothetical) letter threatening legal action for (hypothetical) copyright violation of adult content, and they provided an IP address which is not quite, but almost the same as my friends own IP address.

If my friends current IP is in the form “12.345.XXX.XXX”, then the provided IP is of the form “12.345.YYY.YYY”, where the X and Y numbers differ, but the first 2 parts are the same (although I obviously changed it here). The provided IP links to the same city as the original, but it is different in the last 2 parts. The provided IP was supposedly recorded back in September. Also, according to whatsmyipaddress[dot]com, both addresses are “Likely Static”.

Could my friends IP have been the prodived one a few months ago, and then changed by my ISP? Can this be linked back to my friend?

I’m not asking for legal advice, simply to understand the IP protocol a bit better.

Also, sorry if this isn’t the correct community to post such a question.

Thanks!

  • Scragglymonk@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    had a dcma take down request a few years ago, made me look into security like vpn and seedbox, as far as my isp is concerned, I am doing some work stuff and then some data tap is opened, nothing to trace to me

    unlikely to be a scam, you or your friend were probably torrenting one of those films made to snare people and demand cash as the film is crap, but you will not know this until you download it

    have friends on I think virgin who used to and probably still do leave torrents on 24/7

    if the letter is along the lines of ip address 127.0.0.1 was observed to be downloading some adult film on the 1st sept 2023 for 9 weeks… then there is the implication that action would be taken if they did not stop and yes it can get very expensive, along the lines of please pay $25,000 or we will see you in court