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Copyright Infringement?
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24. October 2009 @ 12:24 |
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Hi i recieved this message today and can someone explain what this means? I know what it says but has anyone evergotten thius before and it says it might terminate or suspend my comcast account? please help. here is the message.
Notice of Action under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Abuse Incident Number: NA0000012829607
Report Date/Time: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:11:41 -0700
Dear Comcast High-Speed Internet Subscriber:
Comcast has received a notification by a copyright owner, or its authorized
agent, reporting an alleged infringement of one or more copyrighted works
made on or over Comcast's High-Speed Internet service (the 'Service'). The
copyright owner has identified the Internet Protocol ('IP') address
associated with your Service account at the time as the source of the
infringing works. The works identified by the copyright owner in its
notification are listed below. Comcast reminds you that use of the Service
(or any part of the Service) in any manner that constitutes an infringement
of any copyrighted work is a violation of Comcast's Acceptable Use Policy
and may result in the suspension or termination of your Service account.
If you have any questions regarding this notice, you may direct them to
Comcast in writing by sending a letter or e-mail to:
Comcast Customer Security Assurance
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
701 East Gate Drive, 3rd Floor
Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 U.S.A.
Phone: (888) 565-4329
Fax: (856) 324-2940
E-mail: dmca@comcast.net
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qwert99
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24. October 2009 @ 12:29 |
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Scare tactic by a copyright owner. Comcast is one of the only ISPs that actually forwards that garbage. Nothing will come of it.
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24. October 2009 @ 12:31 |
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thats why you should be using newsgroups. dont have to worry about this.
Come talk with us on efnet at #elitemods !!! or just click ME
ALSO, DO NOT SEND ME MESSAGES ON LIVE REGARDING MODDING CONSOLES, OR HOW I PLAYED A CERTAIN GAME EARLY. I WILL NOT RESPOND. I WILL INSTEAD DELETE YOUR MESSAGE, AND BLOCK ALL COMMUNICATION FROM YOU. JUST SEND ME A PM ON HERE. |
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24. October 2009 @ 12:32 |
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are you sure? well if it is a scare tactic it definetly worked!
what a newsgroup?
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qwert99
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24. October 2009 @ 12:32 |
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Or, at the very least, a private tracker.
Originally posted by jshosho:
are you sure? well if it is a scare tactic it definetly worked!
Yep, that's the idea.
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jasonx1
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24. October 2009 @ 12:59 |
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i got off them from karoo isp in the uk
for downloading a psp game sega rally when i had a psp to test it out
the game was crap anyway there cut the net off and made me sign a letter to not do it again do it 3 times and your banned from the isp
which in hull city in the uk we only have karoo by kingston coms
so we take our warnings carefully . uk sucks
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24. October 2009 @ 17:09 |
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Originally posted by qwert99:
Scare tactic by a copyright owner. Comcast is one of the only ISPs that actually forwards that garbage. Nothing will come of it.
so you mean that the copyright holder forwarded me an email from comcast that made it look like comcast was sending it to me? How do you know that for sure? please help!
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qwert99
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24. October 2009 @ 17:27 |
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No, the copyright holder (actually, the slimeball lawyers for a copyright holder) sent a complaint to your ISP saying IP 12.34.56.789, belonging to your network, was downloading copyrighted product X at Y time on Z date.
Comcast did the rest.
I've never heard of anything coming from this. If they wanted to sue you, they would just sue you. There is no history of any copyright holders except for music companies doing that, however.
Basically what happened is that the right holder had a 'mole' connected to the P2P tracker you used when you downloaded some copyrighted material and saw you like that. Not like they are keeping a special watch on your or anything.
Still, at the very least, use a private torrent tracker. Or, like the good advice wabashman gave, use newsgroups. Even better.
Above all, don't freak out.
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24. October 2009 @ 17:30 |
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can you please explain what a private tracker is and a newsgroup? sorry for freaking out i am just worried
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qwert99
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24. October 2009 @ 17:35 |
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A public tracker is a BitTorrent tracker anyone can use without verification.
A private tracker is a BitTorrent tracker that you must have membership to a website to use.
A newsgroup is an entirely different method for obtaining files that you will need to read up on yourself. The upside of this method is that it is basically not traceable. The downside is that it costs money.
Another option is to get a membership to Rapidshare or some other file storage website and using a specialized search engine or forum to get files. This also costs money but is untraceable.
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24. October 2009 @ 17:38 |
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so if i use a private tracker there is a less chance i will get caught again? Also if i get caught again will i be sued or what?
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qwert99
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24. October 2009 @ 17:40 |
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Yes, less chance of getting the attention of copyright holders.
No, you won't be sued.
Like I said, no rights holders except for music companies have even tried suing.
This info is all US-centric, by the way.
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24. October 2009 @ 18:07 |
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ok, do you know of any goof private trackers for video game?
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qwert99
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24. October 2009 @ 18:15 |
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There are lots of them out there. Not sure if it is within forum rules to post names directly here. Google will spill the beans, however.
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24. October 2009 @ 18:24 |
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alright thanks for your help!
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qwert99
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24. October 2009 @ 18:29 |
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No problem. Good luck!
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schweet
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25. October 2009 @ 01:06 |
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*names of trackers removed by moderator, Private sites don't like their names mentioned*
for the majority you need an invite, so start suckin up to someone with an account.
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25. October 2009 @ 01:46 |
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Yeah, but Demonoid's been down for some time :\
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AfterDawn Addict
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25. October 2009 @ 11:23 |
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and i really wouldnt call the big D a private site. they usually have open registration every friday. a private would be something like the black feline site that is completely underground and air tight when it comes to having new members join.
Come talk with us on efnet at #elitemods !!! or just click ME
ALSO, DO NOT SEND ME MESSAGES ON LIVE REGARDING MODDING CONSOLES, OR HOW I PLAYED A CERTAIN GAME EARLY. I WILL NOT RESPOND. I WILL INSTEAD DELETE YOUR MESSAGE, AND BLOCK ALL COMMUNICATION FROM YOU. JUST SEND ME A PM ON HERE. |
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mdigital
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25. October 2009 @ 12:02 |
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I got one from Verizon. I downloaded Peer Guardian, and haven't from them since.
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25. October 2009 @ 12:58 |
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i downloaded peerblock which is the newer version of peer guardian so i am a little bit more protected. i checked out newsgroups and it was very confusing
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raysuave
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25. October 2009 @ 13:08 |
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In regards to ISP letters, dont they only send them if they catch someone uploading/distributing content over P2P networks like Bit torrent or Limewire? So if you use a private tracker, dont u still have to upload content to maintain a certain share ratio?
This is why I only use newsgroups and the megaupload rapidshare type sites because you strictly only download. My news provider is Astraweb and pay a one time fee of 25 bucks to download 180GBs.
Also, for the megaupload rapidshare type sites, there is a Fire Fox add-on called SkipScreen that lets your browser skip the countdown clocks on these sites and can eliminate the need for a paid membership.
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qwert99
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25. October 2009 @ 13:12 |
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Originally posted by raysuave:
In regards to ISP letters, dont they only send them if they catch someone uploading/distributing content over P2P networks like Bit torrent or Limewire? So if you use a private tracker, dont u still have to upload content to maintain a certain share ratio?
99.9% sure they simply try to get ahold of any IP they see connected to the tracker. They don't care about ratios, etc.
To make matters worse, read up on the folks who have been sued successfully by the music industry (and not settled). The damages awarded are crazy, and have nothing to do with how much the person actually distributed, or even technically COULD have distributed, but simply by the fact that they made the songs 'available'.
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