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Re: Online Antipiracy firm sending copyright notices for downloading Ubuntu ISO

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Post by indymike »

max_hammer wrote: post #23
durnygbur wrote: post #9

One doesn't know how stressful and infuriating these copyright notices are until one lived in a country with internet hijacked by copyright predators. From the moment of receiving such notice there is only stress, misinformation, and verbal abuse. Thanks Americans. PS. It doesn't matter you downloaded free software, every person you'll contact in the process of straightening this out will be equally clueless and abus…

In Germany, thier is a whole army of lawyers seeding copyrighted material on torrents to extract money

Allowing lawyers to create their own cases is a dark, dark pattern.

Re: Online Antipiracy firm sending copyright notices for downloading Ubuntu ISO

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Post by andi999 »

ComodoHacker wrote: post #27
max_hammer wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In Germany, thier is a whole army of lawyers seeding copyrighted material on torrents to extract money

Has any other lawyer tried to sue them?

It is legal as far as I understand.

Re: Online Antipiracy firm sending copyright notices for downloading Ubuntu ISO

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Post by salawat »

optimalsolver wrote: post #15

Hmmm. Linux, and intellectual property. I should say my personal hobby is walking into libertarian communities, asking if there's such a thing as intellectual property, then walking out whistling.

Licensing and copyleft are a necessary aberration because even if you are a hardliner that IP isn't a thing, enough of the world is staked into it, all you can do is try your best and play the civil disobedience card as harrd and often as possible.

It's not even a debate as at this point. More just sadness.

Re: Online Antipiracy firm sending copyright notices for downloading Ubuntu ISO

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Post by amelius »

gabereiser wrote: post #6

This is why DMCA is broken. Too easy for false claims. It’s plagued the music industry, YouTube, and now free software.

Why is it that as citizens we are powerless against such clearly broken laws as DMCA? Can't we do something about the situation, declare it unconstitutional or something?

Re: Online Antipiracy firm sending copyright notices for downloading Ubuntu ISO

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Post by _trampeltier »

aurizon wrote: post #22
_trampeltier wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I went to a store recently and asked why they haven't a product I ordered a time ago, listed on the website anymore. She said, she used pictures from the producing company. But now she got a letter, so she is now not anymore allowed to use the pictures. She can't make all pictures by herself because there are so many models and colors, so she just stop sell products from that brand complete. I didn't ask if it was re…

Shoot in foot, nail to the floor, repeat on other foot. It is quite possible that a free lance copyright drone did this. The company would hardly do it to themselves = kill all sales as per example.

I think about to write a mail to the company, because I would like to buy a product again and I also wonder about what they say about the story.

Re: Online Antipiracy firm sending copyright notices for downloading Ubuntu ISO

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Post by becquerel »

amelius wrote: post #34
gabereiser wrote: post #6

This is why DMCA is broken. Too easy for false claims. It’s plagued the music industry, YouTube, and now free software.

Why is it that as citizens we are powerless against such clearly broken laws as DMCA? Can't we do something about the situation, declare it unconstitutional or something?

Because the American citizenry has relatively little power over the actions of government in general. Thanks to a system of representative democracy, Americans can only really choose from a limited pool of politicians to influence the law-making process -- and there aren't any major politicians there which want to change copyright law (that I know of!).

The main alternative to engaging in electoral politics are protests, demonstrations, general strikes, etc.

Re: Online Antipiracy firm sending copyright notices for downloading Ubuntu ISO

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Post by andreareina »

indymike wrote: post #31
max_hammer wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In Germany, thier is a whole army of lawyers seeding copyrighted material on torrents to extract money

Allowing lawyers to create their own cases is a dark, dark pattern.

Isn't that what got the Prenda Law partners in hot water?

Re: Online Antipiracy firm sending copyright notices for downloading Ubuntu ISO

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Post by marcodiego »

If companies which send copyright notices had to pay a hefty fine for each mistake they make, online world would be a bit of better place.

Also the victim should receive a reasonable indemnization, as a way to encourage sharing of content.

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