This is why DMCA is broken. Too easy for false claims. It’s plagued the music industry, YouTube, and now free software.
This isn't a DMCA notice.
Online Antipiracy firm sending copyright notices for downloading Ubuntu ISO
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#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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.
Team America World Police. Don't worry bro everything will be Bonj
Re: Online Antipiracy firm sending copyright notices for downloading Ubuntu ISO
#93Hmmm. 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.
You might be interested in reading Stephan Kinsella's Against Intellectual Property [0] for the libertarian take on the matter. https://mises.org/library/against-intellectual-property-0
Based.
Re: Online Antipiracy firm sending copyright notices for downloading Ubuntu ISO
#94One 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
>> lawyers seeding copyrighted material on torrentsthis should be considered a release into the public domain, an invitaion to use the file at no charge.
>>lawyers seeding copyrighted material on torrents to extract moneythis should be some form of racketeering [trolling isnt strong enough lable]
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#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah. And if you don't at least look like you're cooperating, the USA will put you in a literal naughty list of bad countries and develop "action plans" for dealing with it. https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/2019_Special_301_Report... You can't just isolate yourself from them either without massive economic consequences. Even if you suffered through those consequences, they'll probably just force you to trade anyw…
That's why Biden while being a relief to north-americans(and i completely agree) its worse for the rest of the world at least from the perspective of enforcing north-american policies and legislation worldwide (read big-co, intelligence agencies). Given Trump focus on the internal affairs of the US, while the political climate was toxic at home, at least it let all others breath a little. Now with Biden it will star…
Not sure Biden should be a relief to US citizens either, he’s the author of the crime bill after all.
The only significant difference between him and Trump is aesthetic.
Re: Online Antipiracy firm sending copyright notices for downloading Ubuntu ISO
#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
In Germany, thier is a whole army of lawyers seeding copyrighted material on torrents to extract money
>> lawyers seeding copyrighted material on torrents this should be considered a release into the public domain, an invitaion to use the file at no charge. >>lawyers seeding copyrighted material on torrents to extract money this should be some form of racketeering [trolling isnt strong enough lable]
The copyright predators Waldorf Frommer [1] and their representatives are, or at least were, using services of ipoque GmbH [2] to impersonate peers in BitTorrent networks and collect IP addresses. Then the subscribers' personal data are obtained from ISPs with the court order by the court in Munich. Finally Waldorf Frommer attempts to extort money from individuals on the list. Lawyers from Waldorf Frommer and professionals from ipoque GmbH are participating in racketeering of residents in Germany on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox.
Re: Online Antipiracy firm sending copyright notices for downloading Ubuntu ISO
#97If 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.
I doubt it, they'd probably end up with some pausible deniability framework in place that still funnels the upside to them while eliminating any downside risk.
Maybe if copyright claims needed to be bonded to cover any counter claims, it might get somewhere.
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#98Having worked at one point for several years in the "antipiracy industry, it's basically a burlap sac full of rabid ferrets. Te client base is mostly crazed studio execs who want to DDoS the internet, and the DMCA farms that service them ham-fistedly.
A turd tsunami on a good day.
Re: Online Antipiracy firm sending copyright notices for downloading Ubuntu ISO
#99the relevant torrent link for your convenience: https://torrent.ubuntu.com/file?info_hash=K%A4%FB%F7%23%1A%3...
Re: Online Antipiracy firm sending copyright notices for downloading Ubuntu ISO
#100Things like this show there really should be a significant cost to wasting the courts time and that it simply doesn't exist right now.
In sensible places, they'd at least be on the hook for both sides' legal fees.
They are in the US. Not that you need a lawyer to file a counter claim.