Online Antipiracy firm sending copyright notices for downloading Ubuntu ISO

Post by durnygbur » Wed, May 26, 2021, 2:39 PM UTC

lgierth wrote: post #61

arximboldi wrote: post #44

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Yes! I find it so ironic, in a country that prides itself for it's stance for "privacy", that random predatory lawyers can just get from ISP's the personal details behind any IP address on the basis of potential IP infringement. It is really infuriating...

They need to go and get a court order, and with that they request the personal data from the respective ISP. The whole process is pretty steamlined and partly automated though. Source: have been through many copyright claims and currently have a supreme court lawsuit pending.

Post by durnygbur » Wed, May 26, 2021, 2:44 PM UTC

matheusmoreira wrote: post #72

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…

> a country with internet hijacked by copyright predators Yeah, thank god my country is not among this group. We have better things to do than police imaginary american property. I remember reading a news article years ago about some MPAA lobbyist who came here to do his thing. A journalist asked him point blank if intellectual property should be a priority in a country that can barely manage to provide basic infrast…

Post by matheusmoreira » Wed, May 26, 2021, 2:52 PM UTC

durnygbur wrote: post #73

matheusmoreira wrote: post #72

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> a country with internet hijacked by copyright predators Yeah, thank god my country is not among this group. We have better things to do than police imaginary american property. I remember reading a news article years ago about some MPAA lobbyist who came here to do his thing. A journalist asked him point blank if intellectual property should be a priority in a country that can barely manage to provide basic infrast…

This is an awful symptom of American cultural colonialism. They feed with one hand while slapping in the face with the other. Choke with your sitcoms and superheroes.

Post by Tabular-Iceberg » Wed, May 26, 2021, 2:57 PM UTC

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.

Post by buran77 » Wed, May 26, 2021, 3:02 PM UTC

lgierth wrote: post #62

buran77 wrote: post #54

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Even worse, they are given free access (no warrant) to ISP information about the individuals they presume to be infringing so they can tie an identity to an IP linked to infringing material. Lawyers win either way, via the fines that they ask for (people are scared that this could escalate and just pay), or the fees to fight the fines (usually a letter highlighting the situation that personal information was obtained…

They do need a court order, see my other comment