gHacks technology news » takedown notice http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:26:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 You Are Sharing Files http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/28/you-are-sharing-files/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/28/you-are-sharing-files/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:30:33 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5656 I just send a letter to your ISP telling them that you are sharing files. I did not have to prove my claims because I’m in high standing. Your Internet Service Provider is now sending a DCMA takedown notice / a warning letter / a three-strikes-and-you-are-out letter to the owner of the IP that has been found to sharing files illegally on the Internet.

No, I won’t reveal my methods to you or anyone else. The evidence is solid and you have to take my word for it, and remember, I’m in high standing and trusted. My commercial interests do not play a role, I work thoroughly..

While this could look like a joke it is unfortunately reality in several parts of the world. Last to join the party are users from the United Kingdom who will receive warning letters send from their Internet Service Providers who received the information from the British Phonographic Industry who do not disclose the process of gathering the data in first place.

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Scientific studies have shown that the data gathering process of most organizations that send out DMCA notices is flawed and provided access to several methods that explained why. One of the methods was to actively frame other users and they managed to get DCMA takedown notices for one of their network printers to prove the point.

There is definitely a problem with the system if the British Phonographic Industry has the unchallenged might and right to notify the Internet Service Providers of copyright infringements and make them send out warning letters to their customers.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/28/you-are-sharing-files/feed/ 4 Viacom sends takedown notice to author of video clip http://www.ghacks.net/2007/08/31/viacom-sends-takedown-notice-to-author-of-video-clip/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/08/31/viacom-sends-takedown-notice-to-author-of-video-clip/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:14:48 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/08/31/viacom-sends-takedown-notice-to-author-of-video-clip/ The following story is to good to just pass a long. Imagine you create a video and upload it to Youtube. You do get some exposure and someday you realize that a tv show, in this case Web Junk 2.0 on VH1, played your video on their show without asking for your permission in first place.

You then decide to get a copy of that part of the show and publish it on Youtube again to be able to comment on it on your own blog. Guess what happens next ? Right, you get a takedown notice by the guys who took your video in first place without authorization.

Common sense tells me that this is wrong. I’m not a lawyer though and it might be a perfectly clear case but it sounds wrong. You do give Youtube the (non-exclusive) right to redistribute the videos without asking for your permission and it could be possible that Youtube has a deal with Viacom in place that allows them to pick videos for their show.

It could be. It still sounds wrong though. Below is the original clip, the other video was taken down unfortunately.

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