Way to Mask downloads or your IP/Security to prevent ISP from knowing?

Previously I've used Azureas and then BitLord and both had features in it which prevented my ISP from basically knowing exactly what I was download or possibly rather not letting people outside know my true and specific IP address to pinpoint what I was downloading to me, however since I've switched to utorrent I've been swamped with Notice of Copyright Infringement emails from my ISP!

Now I love uTorrent due to it's small form factor and it actually is running consistantly faster than the other ones have in the past but I'll give up my speed and my small program footprint to not go to jail, cause honestly, who doesn't use it to download an occational movie ?

So is there a way to mask your IP address to other peers or something to that effect so I can get around this problem that I'm currently having and continue to love up on this software?

~Jocko

Dear Internet Access Subscriber: Charter Communications ("Charter") has been notified by a copyright owner that your Internet account has been involved in the exchange of unauthorized copies of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notice that Charter received from the copyright holder of copyrighted material (music, movies, or software).  We are enclosing a copy of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notice that Charter received from the copyright holder.    It is possible that this activity has occurred without your permission or knowledge by an unauthorized user, a minor who may not fully understand the copyright laws, or even as a result of a computer virus.  However, as a Charter Internet account owner, you can be held liable for this activity.    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It has come to our attention that Charter Communications is the service provider for the IP address listed below, from which unauthorized copying and distribution (downloading, uploading, file serving, file "swapping" or other similar activities) of  FOX'S  property is taking place.  The documentation included at the end of this notice specifies the location of the infringement.  We believe that the Internet access of the user engaging in this infringement is provided by Charter Communications or a downstream service provider who purchases this connectivity from Charter Communications.   This unauthorized copying and distribution constitutes copyright infringement under Section 106 of the U.S. Copyright Act.  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Regards, Mark IshikawaCompliance TeamBayTSP, Inc.PO Box 1314 - Los Gatos, CA 95031 ph: 408-341-2300  fx:  408-341-2399fox@copyright-compliance.com[A pgp public key is available on the key server at ldap://keyserver.pgp.com if you would like to verify the authenticity of this notice.] Evidentiary Information:Notice ID:  397895Asset:  Once DVDProtocol:  BitTorrentIP Address:  24.197.195.70DNS:  File Name:  Once.2006.R1.DvDRip.Eng-leetay.aviFile Size:  734040064Timestamp:  11 Mar 2008 12:26:14 GMTLast Seen Date:  11 Mar 2008 12:26:14 GMTURL:  http://alt.sextorrent.to:2710/announceUsername (if available):   - ---Start ACNS XML<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <Infringement xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://mpto.unistudios.com/xml/Infringement_schema.xsd">  <Case>    <ID>397895</ID>    <Status>Open</Status>  </Case>  <Complainant>    <Entity>BayTSP, Inc. on behalf of Fox</Entity>    <Contact>Compliance Team, </Contact>    <Address>P.O. 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... If they are using bittorrent there is no way to "protect" your IP. You must connect to the swarm with an IP....

Anyone connected to a swarm, and indeed, anyone running a tracker you connect to, can get your IP.

Edit: You'd think lawyers heard of line breaks

It's not your ISP that's detecting your ip...it's OTHER peers/seeds on the same torrent.

Those monitoring peers/seeds are sending a DMCA letter to your ISP, which is passing the letter on to you.

And you are forced by the way BitTorrent protocol works to give out your ip address to the tracker -- which gives it to other peers/seeds.

EVEN if you somehow manage to block *EVERY* monitoring peer/seed, the tracker still gives out your ip to them...so they can report you to your ISP even if they cannot connect to you. (There is evidence that they've done this to people.)

The simple solution is to quit using BitTorrent technology and never use it again...to download copyright material without permission.

IP addresses are like phone numbers; It's not possible to call someone if you don't know their phone number. It's also impossible for people on a P2P network to send you anything if they don't know your IP address.

Unless you're going through proxies, there's no way to hide your IP address from the people you're asking to send you files.

As for why this didn't happen with the other clients; Is it possible that they included an IP blocklist by default and you weren't even aware of it? Such a blocklist might have prevented organizations, like the one in your example, from connecting to you.

or it could also be that I just hit all at the same time a large block of torrents all being monitored? (I think I received four letters like the one posted above and they did have line breaks but when i wrapped them in the code function so it wouldn't be four pages long it took them out for some reason =| )

I think prior to this the only time outta the last two years that I had received an email like this is when I downloaded Resident Evil 4 for Wii (which sucks hard btw... worse controls ever) and then I flipped out to a new client that was suggested to me (utorrent of course) on sunday and since then received 4 emails in 4 days I figured that was just a bit peculiar.

Any way thanks a bunch, and they're not illegal to download if you own the rights right -insert snickering here-

The Announcement applies in any case...

Is your IP safe if you go through an anonymous proxy server? Can law enforcement agencies still force those servers to give them IP addresses downloading material?

Depends on where the proxy is, where you are, how the proxy operates, etc.

Of course, if you live in the USA and the proxy server is in Iran, I don't think they'll bother to ask...

LOL then the FBI might monitor you for Terrorism

CIA or FBI remember the "separation" of surveillance.... is it a domestic or international affair.