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RIAA cracks down on filesharing
My sister IMed my with a problem a little while ago. It turns out the RIAA has contacted the University of Arizona what a terrible thief she is. Here's some of the email...
You would think that a person would have to do something mildly bad for the RIAA to bother right. NOPE! My sister was sharing a total of 10 that's ten files. CALL THE FEDS! We have a mastermind music theif and bootlegger here!
Seriously, doens't the RIAA have better things to do than go after poor college students for sharing next to nothing?
Dear Ms. Williams,
I am contacting you on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA) and tis member record companies. The RIAA is a trade association whose member companies create, manufacture, and distribute approximately ninety percent of all legitimate sound recordings sold in the United States. Under penalty of perjury, we submit that the RIAA is authorized to act on behalf of its member companies in matters involving the infringement of their sound recordings, including enforcing their copyrights and common law rights on the Internet.
We believe a user on your network, using the above reference IP address, is offering 981 files for download through a peer to peer application. Many of these files contain copyrighted sound recordings including recordings by such artists as Ludacris, jennifer Lopez, Fabolous, Shania Twain, Brooks & Dunn, and Madonna that are owned by our member companies. For your reference we have included a representative list of some of the infringing sound recordings being offered at the above IP address.
We have a good faith belief that the above-described activity is not described by the copyright owners, their agent, or the law. We are asking for your immediate assistance in stopping this unauthorized activity. Specifically, we request that you remove or disable access to the infringing sound files via your system.
In addition, we believe it is in everyone's interest for music consumers to be better educated about the subject of copyright law and music. In addition to taking steps to notify this network user about the illegal nature of this activity, we encourage you to refer him/her to the MUSIC Coalition's new website at www.musicunited.org. The site contains valualbe information about what's legal and what's not when it comes to copying music.
You should understand that this letter constitutes notice to you that this network user may be liable for the infringing activity occurring on your network. In addition, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, if you ignore this notice, your institution may also be liable for any resulting infringement. This letter does not constitute a waiver of any right to trecover damages incurred by virtue of any such unauthorized activities, and such rights as well as claims for other relief are expressly retained.
Thank you in advance for your prompt assistance in this matter. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me via e-mail at antipiracy2@riaa.com, via telephone at 202-775-0101, or via mail at RIAA, 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C., 20036. Please reference Case ID 553088 in any response or communication regarding this infringement.
Sincerely,
Anti-Piracy Unit
I am contacting you on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA) and tis member record companies. The RIAA is a trade association whose member companies create, manufacture, and distribute approximately ninety percent of all legitimate sound recordings sold in the United States. Under penalty of perjury, we submit that the RIAA is authorized to act on behalf of its member companies in matters involving the infringement of their sound recordings, including enforcing their copyrights and common law rights on the Internet.
We believe a user on your network, using the above reference IP address, is offering 981 files for download through a peer to peer application. Many of these files contain copyrighted sound recordings including recordings by such artists as Ludacris, jennifer Lopez, Fabolous, Shania Twain, Brooks & Dunn, and Madonna that are owned by our member companies. For your reference we have included a representative list of some of the infringing sound recordings being offered at the above IP address.
We have a good faith belief that the above-described activity is not described by the copyright owners, their agent, or the law. We are asking for your immediate assistance in stopping this unauthorized activity. Specifically, we request that you remove or disable access to the infringing sound files via your system.
In addition, we believe it is in everyone's interest for music consumers to be better educated about the subject of copyright law and music. In addition to taking steps to notify this network user about the illegal nature of this activity, we encourage you to refer him/her to the MUSIC Coalition's new website at www.musicunited.org. The site contains valualbe information about what's legal and what's not when it comes to copying music.
You should understand that this letter constitutes notice to you that this network user may be liable for the infringing activity occurring on your network. In addition, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, if you ignore this notice, your institution may also be liable for any resulting infringement. This letter does not constitute a waiver of any right to trecover damages incurred by virtue of any such unauthorized activities, and such rights as well as claims for other relief are expressly retained.
Thank you in advance for your prompt assistance in this matter. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me via e-mail at antipiracy2@riaa.com, via telephone at 202-775-0101, or via mail at RIAA, 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C., 20036. Please reference Case ID 553088 in any response or communication regarding this infringement.
Sincerely,
Anti-Piracy Unit
Seriously, doens't the RIAA have better things to do than go after poor college students for sharing next to nothing?
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