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by 15457345234 834 days ago
> I'd still argue that the main target here is bigger fish with deeper pockets

Based on what's been requested I'd say that this has almost nothing to do with RCN and is in fact almost entirely about this Mr. S, based on that person's social media account usage history being requested.

That, to me, suggests they know that this person isn't merely doing 'a bit of torrenting' but is perhaps part of (or even, orchestrating) some organised piracy scheme. Or more.

But I'm just speculating.

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> That, to me, suggests they know that this person isn't merely doing 'a bit of torrenting' but is perhaps part of (or even, orchestrating) some organised piracy scheme. Or more.

This seems unlikely given they have an IP address and an ISP provider.

It's hard imagine that anyone involved in organised piracy schemes is actually using a raw ISP address rather than a logless VPN that laughs at warrents and subpoenas.

It's hard imagine that anyone involved in organised piracy schemes is actually using Piratebay with a "leads right back to them" address that shows up on https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/en/peer/ and other such tools that scrape public trackers.

Okay then; go ahead and speculate.

Why do you think they've requested this person's - almost - complete history of social media account usage since Jan 1 2016?

They're looking for any and all publicly declared interactions between this person and their ISP that indicate their ISP had knowledge of them using public trackers, warned them against using public tracking torrents, and did nothing when they continued to use them.

ie. Evidenced of ISP knowledge and lack of follow through.

Could be, I guess.

Still intriguing