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Scorpion0x17 wrote:

Yes you do. Never phoned home from work? Never spent five minutes more than your allotted 1/5hr for lunch? Never taken office stationary home with you?

apples and oranges... besides, i have a cell phone, no reason to use my desk phone, i dont use stationary... i have a computer, and taking a longer lunch is not the same as illegal file sharing.

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

imo, a good employer respects and trusts their employees and vice versa - part of that mutual trust and respect comes from being up-front and honest whenever any breach is suspected.

The company could just send him home, on full pay, pending an investigation - that's the decent way to handle it.

and no company in the world is going to be "up front and honest."  they don't owe it to you.  its their prerogative to handle matters as they see fit.

btw, i just got a copy of the letter that started this whole investigation (edited of course):

RE:  Unauthorized Distribution of the Copyrighted Motion Picture Entitled
    The Dark Knight
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INFRINGEMENT DETAIL
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Infringing Work: The Dark Knight
First Found: 28 Jul 2008 08:02:52 EDT (GMT -0400) Last Found: 28 Jul 2008 08:02:52 EDT (GMT -0400) IP Address: ... IP Port: ...
Protocol: BitTorrent
Torrent InfoHash: 397D82D477A79E35397FDB55B99FE294205A8707
Containing file(s):
The Dark Knight 2008 cam XviD.avi (1,312,797,504 bytes)

Dear ...:

We are writing this letter on behalf of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ("Warner Bros.").

We have received information that an individual has utilized the below-referenced IP address at the noted date and time to offer downloads of copyrighted motion picture(s) through a "peer-to-peer" service, including such title(s) as:

    The Dark Knight

The distribution of unauthorized copies of copyrighted motion pictures constitutes copyright infringement under the Copyright Act, Title 17 United States Code Section 106(3).  This conduct may also violate the laws of other countries, international law, and/or treaty obligations.

Since you own this IP address (...), we request that you immediately do the following:

1) Disable access to the individual who has engaged in the conduct described above; and
2) Take appropriate action against the account holder under your Abuse Policy/Terms of Service Agreement.

On behalf of Warner Bros., owner of the exclusive rights to the copyrighted material at issue in this notice, we hereby state, that we have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by Warner Bros., its respective agents, or the law.

Also, we hereby state, under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California and under the laws of the United States, that the information in this notification is accurate and that we are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive rights being infringed as set forth in this notification.

Please direct any end user queries the following.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Attn: Worldwide Anti-Piracy
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91522
818.954.3091 – phone
infringements@warnerbros.com – email


Kindly include the Case ID ..., also noted above, in the subject line of all future correspondence regarding this matter.

We appreciate your assistance and thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Your prompt response is requested.

Respectfully,

...
Enforcement Coordinator
SafeNet, Inc.

Last edited by steelie34 (2008-08-07 06:42:09)

If you can sniff his traffic, how hard is it to just SPAN/mirror/whatever the port to a box with tcpdump or wireshark with a bittorrent dissector running on it? You never really answered whether or not the traffic you're seeing is encrypted. Even if it is, do check the dump for source ports known to be default in bittorrent clients. That'll typically do it.

Alternatively, if you have local admin and you can snap his machine into MMC, why not just change the local group policy to allow network logons?

Side-thread about employer/employee rights/respect moved to http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=106578...

signa wrote:

too much sneaking around.  I say confront him directly but politely about it and have a copy of the infringement letter with you.  Ask him if hes sharing torrents, then tell him to stop and delete them and the software from the computer while you stand there and watch him do it.  Explain the seriousness of the issue.  If he is polite and apologetic then thank him for his honesty on this issue and give him a verbal warning which is documented in his personnel file. If he refuses, then confiscate the computer and hack into it however you want, while you assign him a new job like sweeping floors while HR types up his termination papers.

Exactly. Tell your manager that that's the easiest way. How hard can it be to ask? If he has nothing to hide, neither of you have anything to lose.