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lu0s3r322

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I recieved a letter from my ISP, Comcast, stating that I had violated copyright infringement laws. It looked somewhat like this:

Comcast has received a notification of claimed infringement made under the Digital millennium Copyright Act(the'DMCA'). This notification, made by a copyright owner or its authorized agent, reports an alleged infringement of one or more copyrighted works made on or over Comcast's High-Speed Internet service(the 'Service'). The works identified in the notification of claimed infringement are listed below. In accordance with the DMCA and Comcast's acceptable Use Policy, Comcast request that you immediately remove the allegedly infringing works from the Service or Comcast will be forced to remove or block access to the works.

If you believe in good faith that the allegedly infringing works have been removed or blocked by mistake or misidentification, then you may send a counter notification to Comcast. Upon Comcast's receipt of a counter notification that satisfies the requirements of the DMCA, Comcast will provide a copy of the counter notification to the party who sent the original notification of claimed infringement. We will the follow the DMCA's procedures with respect to a received counter notification.

For more information regarding Comcast's copyright infringement policy, procedures, and contact information, please read our Acceptable Use Policy by clicking on the terms of Service link at www.comcast.net

Sincerely,
Comcast Network Abuse and Observance Team

Copyright work(s) identified in the notification of claimed infringement:
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ip address:**.***.***.** [c-**-***-***-**.client.comcast.net]
local ip address 192.168.1.*
date/time Fri Mar 12 *:**:* EST 2004 (13 Mar 2004 *:**:* GMT)
Ethernet mac: ** ** ** ** ** **
user name: ******
computer name: ********
license key: **********
product: VisualRoute (Build 1962)
zone:en_US-6:00

Should I be worried? I occasionally do this type of stuff, but it's usually legal stuff that dls faster. I don't condone piracy either. I have stopped using torrents but have recieved two in the past month. What do I do?
 
Unfortunately it looks like you've been peering with a honey-pot server during one of your torrents. Contact the department that sent you the letter and ask them what happens next.
 
Unfortunately it looks like you've been peering with a honey-pot server during one of your torrents. Contact the department that sent you the letter and ask them what happens next.

Hmmm I wonder if you can see if you can see which torrent is a deceitful jar o' honey? One time I saw an IP in my peer list of 72.164.jar.of.honey :eek:
 
Doesn't the notice just tell you to remove the offending work? If so, remove it and that'll be that. No?

PS What's a honey-pot server?
 
Doesn't the notice just tell you to remove the offending work? If so, remove it and that'll be that. No?
It looks like a standard letter sent out to anyone who is sharing copyrighted stuff over P2P, which of course anyone using BitTorrent to get copyrighted music, software and films is also doing whilst they download. What is more worrying for the OP is whether ComCast have been forced into providing his user details to a third party, in which case legal action could be forthcoming.

I still think the OP should contact ComCast themselves. At least he'll know exactly where he stands, so no nasty surprises in the near future.

PS What's a honey-pot server?
A Honey Pot hunts out copyrighted stuff advertised over P2P networks, but is actually owned and operated by the copyright owner. It will either join torrents or download directly from P2P peers, and will log all the addresses and what was being advertised by each of them. If the copyright owner then decides to take legal action against those sharing the works, they can sue ISPs into handing over the names and addresses of the users that were allocated those IP addresses at that time.
 
Doesn't the notice just tell you to remove the offending work? If so, remove it and that'll be that. No?

PS What's a honey-pot server?

A honey pot server is a machine set up specificially to attract spam, viruses, illegal porn, etc. either for analysis or to catch people using programs that violate copyrights.
 
Copyright Infringement Letter

I recieved a letter from my ISP, Comcast, stating that I had violated copyright infringement laws. It looked somewhat like this:



Should I be worried? I occasionally do this type of stuff, but it's usually legal stuff that dls faster. I don't condone piracy either. I have stopped using torrents but have recieved two in the past month. What do I do?

Hello, My name is Pam. I have received 4 of these e-mails and 1 letter in the mail just like it. Comcast is also my provider. I am worried as well. Let me know if you have heard anything further. I started receiving e-mails on Jan. 3, 2007. I hadn't heard from them in a week or more and I just received another e-mail this morning. I was told from someone at Pheonix Labs not to worry about the e-mails, that they were just warnings but I just don't know. I have deleted everything that had to do with p2p file sharing. Thanks for listening. Pam
 
automated e-mails don't seem to cause much harm, but I would be concerned about a letter in the mail.

The Motion Picture Association of America has never won against someone when taking them to court i think. The RIAA has won, but not much.
 
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