Hi, On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Juuso Lapinlampi <w...@partyvan.eu> wrote:
> > In that time, I received an uncounted amount of abuse reports from my > Internet service provider, tens or hundreds of malware infection > incidents daily according to ISP's autoreporter logs, and one concern > from NCSC-FI/CERT-FI (FICORA) regarding a suspicion of "botnet drone". > > NCSC-FI just doing their job to create this autoreporter log. Each ISP in Finland receives this log every day. If you operate an exit node there will be these malware incidents. > I was also interrogated by Finnish police for alleged identity crimes, > fraud and attempts of fraud (and needlessly had my personal rights > violated, to my belief). [4] They have since frozen the investigation > and don't suspect me to be responsible for the allegations. [5] I can't > say for certain these investigations to have had anything to do with > wubthecaptain1 exit specifically, but that's my best guess. > > Running an exit node is legal in Finland. > Now, there's something new I'd like to share with this mailing list. > > Starting from December 2016, – long after the exit was turned into a > middle relay – I've now been targeted by four different law firms > representing copyright holders, demanding reimbursements for alleged > copyright infringements from residential IP-addresses assigned to > wubthecaptain1 Tor exit and threats to sue to market court. The parties > involved and their reimbursement demands are: > > - Hedman Partners (on behalf of Crystalis Entertainment UG / Scanbox > Entertainment A/S), Black Sails (S3E4) (150 EUR) / Taken 3 (900 EUR) > - Tekijänoikeusturva TOT (on behalf of Interallip LLP), "Z-Nation" > (900 EUR) > - Adultia (on behalf of Copyright Management Services Ltd / > Echo Alpha Inc), various adult pornography works (16600 EUR) > - NJORD Law (on behalf of Nu Image, Inc), Survivor (550 EUR), Olympus > Has Fallen (550 EUR), Automata (550 EUR) > > You don't have to pay these. These are just empty demands from private organizations. > Nonetheless I believe the law is on my side with non-liability, so I'm > not concerned for my personal legal defence. If anyone is concerned, > I've not agreed to any of the imbursements so far and I've not spent any > money on a lawyer or legal advice. (Though, thanks to torservers.net for > the offer earlier!) > Yes, the law of Finland protects your rights. > I've not counted how much bandwidth was actually served and contributed > to the Tor network, but it was among lines of 90 Mbps for that time and > that counts for a lot in months. Since turning it to a middle relay, the > actual relayed bandwidth has dropped dramatically. We need more exit > relays, especially in Finland too. > > Finland would be an excellent place for fast dedicated exit nodes. Regards, Juha
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