Firms wanted seven years' worth of IP address logs on users who discussed piracy.

Reddit beats film industry again, won’t have to reveal pirates’ IP addresses::Firms wanted seven years’ worth of IP address logs on users who discussed piracy.

  • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Also, do IP addresses really change that often anymore, even if you aren’t paying for a static one?

    For most ISPS, every time you restart your modem it will be assigned a new IP. Some ISPs may reassign the same IP within a small time period, but most will just assign a new IP for every new connection.

    • systemglitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Must be a regional thing. I have the same IP for years, no matter which ISP I use. Struggling to think of a single time it changed in the last 20+ years.

      • iwasgodonce@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        My parents’ isp setup a static dhcp entry per customer. If you change the mac address of your router you don’t get an address. The address you get with the proper mac address is constant and can’t be changed.