SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TERMINATING COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT BY BITTORRENT USERS

摘要

A system and method that tracks copyright infringing BitTorrent users is presented. The system searches torrent file websites for a torrent file according to specified search criteria and verifies that the torrent file corresponds to a media file containing the copyrighted work. The system obtains tracker server information from the torrent file and obtains the IP addresses of participants currently connected to the torrent file from the tracker server, attempts to establish a connection with a participant based on an IP address selected from the IP addresses and, if successful, receives a data piece with a cryptographic hash from the participant. The cryptographic hash is verified to correctly match with the torrent file. The system then verifies that the participant is sharing the media file, obtains the participant's geographic data and associates the participant to a legal jurisdiction based on the geographic data.

主权项

1. A method for tracking copyright infringing BitTorrent users, said method comprising the steps of:
creating a search criteria based on a copyrighted work; maintaining a website database of at least one torrent file website; searching said at least one torrent file website for a torrent file according to said search criteria; storing said torrent file to a torrent file database; verifying that said torrent file corresponds to a media file containing said copyrighted work; obtaining tracker server information from said torrent file; receive from said tracker server a plurality of participant IP addresses of participants currently connected to the torrent file; storing said plurality of participant IP addresses into an IP address database; attempting to establish a connection with a participant using a selected IP address chosen from said plurality of participant IP addresses; receiving a data piece with a cryptographic hash from said participant; verifying that said cryptographic hash correctly matches with said torrent file; verifying that said participant is sharing said media file; disconnecting from said participant; obtaining geographic data of said participant based on said selected IP address; associating said participant to a legal jurisdiction based on said geographic data.