IP address questions

[billofrights]

You're all also assuming this was sent from a hard-wired desktop. Could also be a laptop either on a public wifi in Starbucks or an open network in some random neighborhood.

[vonderplatz]

Ask for a restraining order! Doing your own Detective work will prove nothing if you need that information later to prove you were being harassed. Also, if they complain about you, and have proof that you are trying to track them down that could men that they could put a restraining order on you, and you know what that means to a gun owner.

Harassing emails coming from your ex's account, and what you stated in previous threads should be enough to get a restraining order. I was able to get a restraining order with much less.

BTW: An ISP will never give you the information you need to track someone down.

[vonderplatz]

As private individuals, I agree that we do not possess the ability to do so.

However, LEA can and do execute search warrants on ISPs to obtain account holder information based on IP addresses. That is how you correlate IP addresses to physical addresses. How else are RIAA/MPAA filing lawsuits against alleged media pirates? The internet does indeed work that way, but we as private citizens simply do not have access to the tools and legal methods to actually do so.

RIAA/MPAA sends the copyright violation to the ISP. The ISP then forwards it to the enduser, but the ISP does not tell RIAA/MPAA who that individual is. To get that information they will still need a court order.

The email sent to the enduser contains is a link to to a website where they can pay a settlement fee. If they choose to pay the fee the RIAA does not pursue any further, but should they decide not to pay the RIAA can ask for a Court Order forcing the ISP to divulge who the IP address belongs to, but it is not very common for the process to make it that far.

[ocabj]

RIAA/MPAA sends the copyright violation to the ISP. The ISP then forwards it to the enduser, but the ISP does not tell RIAA/MPAA who that individual is. To get that information they will still need a court order.

The email sent to the enduser contains is a link to to a website where they can pay a settlement fee. If they choose to pay the fee the RIAA does not pursue any further, but should they decide not to pay the RIAA can ask for a Court Order forcing the ISP to divulge who the IP address belongs to, but it is not very common for the process to make it that far.

We handle identification and remediation of DMCA violations for our campus internally under Safe Harbor. We receive the notice from the reporting agent and disable and punish in accordance to our policies.

[Dark Paladin]

RIAA/MPAA sends the copyright violation to the ISP. The ISP then forwards it to the enduser, but the ISP does not tell RIAA/MPAA who that individual is. To get that information they will still need a court order.

The email sent to the enduser contains is a link to to a website where they can pay a settlement fee. If they choose to pay the fee the RIAA does not pursue any further, but should they decide not to pay the RIAA can ask for a Court Order forcing the ISP to divulge who the IP address belongs to, but it is not very common for the process to make it that far.

Yes, that is drilling down to the step by step process. I think there may have been some confusion because I was mixing the two (LEA and RIAA/MPAA tracing efforts. . . you can bet the court will approve warrants requested by LEAs in the name of public safety). My point is yes it is possible to link an IP address to a physical address, but the process is not something an ordinary citizen will have legal access to.

[Baconator]

It's 45David. He's long since banned and, if you believe the back story, killed himself out in the desert somewhere. I don't think he's worried about it anymore.

[stix213]

It's 45David. He's long since banned and, if you believe the back story, killed himself out in the desert somewhere. I don't think he's worried about it anymore.

Um I hope the desert story isn't true....

[Baconator]

Um I hope the desert story isn't true....

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=612303

[Darryl Licht]

Try this website to ID the area where IP from email headers originated: http://cqcounter.com/whois/

It is easy to use and pretty accurate!