Anonymous Users

With technology improving constantly, anti piracy groups are coming up with new ways to try and limit the amount of people torrenting illegally.  Tracking isp addresses, contacting service providers to cut off internet to people using torrents, sending out collections for copyright material, are but just a few of the actions groups like the RIAA are using to try to discourage piracy when it comes to copyright material.  Pirates on the other hand are taking the initiative to stay anonymous says Torrent Freak.  VPN’s are a new service provided to pirates looking to stay anonymous from the outside world, letting pirates connect to the internet while hiding their IP address to make finding those users almost impossible.  VPN’s are sprouting up constantly, some requiring subscription fees, other supplies free accounts such as Itshidden.com, a free VPN site that allows users to make an account for free and then upgrade depending on how much you download.  Fees for these sites vary, however $10 a month seems to be the average monthly amount to make your internet downloading completely anonymous.  According to Torrent Freak, over 100,000 users have already signed up for an account on multiple VPN sites showing anti piracy groups that pirates are actually willing to spend up to $120 dollars a year per user for unlimited access to downloadable material.  12 million dollars isn’t a small amount of money taking into consideration that there are a lot more than 100,000 users downloading illegal copyright material, just goes to show you pirates are not as cheap as they look, they just seem to like the idea of infinite downloads to anything on the web at any time.