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?
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?