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New scam alert: Fake copyright infringement letters
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article published on 4 September, 2010
The French high authority HADOPI, which was put in place to oversee the country's recently passed "three strikes" anti-piracy laws has a new problem on its hands; phishers and scammers using the authority's name to trick people into giving up personal information.
The group is allowed to issue sanctions and fines to Internet users accused of piracy, with a "third strike" meaning disconnection ... [ read the full article ]
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Tristan_2
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4. September 2010 @ 02:40 |
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Like I didn't see this comming(sarcasm) I mean honestly did any country who pass this kind of Draconian copyright law this think wouldn't happen? Regardless if people"Infringe Copyright" or not will get confused over a fake or real copyright notice, If you think bout it...this will continue to grow even when Hadopi starts sending those out.
If Acta is somehow passed....and this happens globally, I'll be paranoid and scared..not going to lie.
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4. September 2010 @ 06:05 |
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It's a dismal fact that government cannot compete with organized criminals.
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4. September 2010 @ 09:37 |
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Originally posted by attar:
It's a dismal fact that government cannot compete with organized criminals.
Why can't they compete with themselves?
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Mysttic
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4. September 2010 @ 11:02 |
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Why can't they compete with themselves?
They do, but its more fun to compete with others, that way it gets the mass public eye off them.
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4. September 2010 @ 23:03 |
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Originally posted by Mysttic:
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Why can't they compete with themselves?
They do, but its more fun to compete with others, that way it gets the mass public eye off them.
Think about it. It allow them (phisers) to do their dirty work behind the scenes. It's the perfect dirty scheme and the worst part is that it's working plus most of these guys can't get caught in time and low and behold guess who has your money.
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slickwill
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5. September 2010 @ 02:28 |
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6. September 2010 @ 01:09 |
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I dont understand something
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The group is allowed to issue sanctions and fines to Internet users accused of piracy,
correct me if im wrong but shouldn't it be people found guilty of internet piracy???
technically me or anyone else in a free speech country can accuse anyone of anything.
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7. September 2010 @ 01:54 |
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Massive gaps in cyber security here.
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dEwMe
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7. September 2010 @ 13:14 |
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LOL...i bet RIAA is involved...they're the biggest crooks out there...
Just my $0.02,
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