HELP!! Cox.net wants to TERMINATE my account because of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act! *posted email*

[Kilrsat]

Originally posted by: oniq
Wait.. how did they find out it was the actual movie? Did they download it from you? If so, why can they download it and you can't?

They don't download the movie, all they snag is the IP of the person offering it (easy to get through the Fasttrak network), the file name, and check the size if its "reasonable". (Some of the bots aren't even smart enough to look at the filesize).

You need to understand, sharing any highprofile item right now on KaZaa (yes, KaZaa Lite too), Emule/Edonkey, or BT is just plain stupid.

Goto "private" locations (DC, Waste, IRC, download from newsgroups is safe (at least premium servers), away from the general public and then you won't get sent these stupid letters that are perfectly legal under the DMCA.

 

[yellowperil]

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
how exactly do u format and write zeros to the drive?

There's an old IBM utility called Wipe that you can put on a DOS boot disk. Otherwise, the HDD manufacturer may provide a utility on their website (I did it with IBM and WD, not sure about Maxtor, Seagate, etc.)

 

[BillGates]

Infringing Work: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Filename: T3.Rise Of The Machines.DVD Screener.Pre-Release.ShareReactor.DVL.avi

Bwahahaha, at least download a real file, moron. Kazaa users make me laugh. I guess that's were newbies belong though...

 

[Rastus]

They're not busting people for having the stuff, they are busting people for distributing it. They are not going to break your door in to sieze your hard drives and send them to a lab to have them analyzed. They are doing it through the civil courts. I've never heard of a search warrent being served for a civil case (although it might happen). Once a person has been served, they already have all the evidence they need.

 

[Chaotic42]

I've been in a much more severe version of this, back in '98. Delete the material and learn your lesson.

 

[elanarchist]

Good thing you weren't sharing mp3's though... the RIAA is cracking down really hard on those. I think that at last count over 1000 subpeonas were issued against Kazaa users and the RIAA expects to start hundreds of lawsuits shortly. What sucks is that under the crappy DMCA they can fine you 250,000 for each mp3.

 

[BooGiMaN]

do they own the rights to the name..like can i name any file i want t3 blablabla even if its not the movie ?

 

[udonoogen]

Originally posted by: yellowperil

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
how exactly do u format and write zeros to the drive?

There's an old IBM utility called Wipe that you can put on a DOS boot disk. Otherwise, the HDD manufacturer may provide a utility on their website (I did it with IBM and WD, not sure about Maxtor, Seagate, etc.)

the hitachi people sent me the IBM utility. i still think its possible to recover the files though. what you should do is format, run this utility, install windows, format, run this utility, install windows, format, run this utility, install windows, and then throw the hard drive in the fire.

 

[Kilrsat]

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
do they own the rights to the name..like can i name any file i want t3 blablabla even if its not the movie ?

You can share a file named that, and if they send you a notice simply tell them to go play with themselves seeing as what you are doing isn't illegal. However, by naming a file like that you're drawing unwanted (maybe not?) attention to yourself and to your ISP. If you are a lawyer or have one on retainer and you really wish to screw with them, then go for this method. Otherwise you are just creating work for your ISP, and how many complaint letters, valid or not, do you think your ISP is going to get before they decide your $50 a month isn't worth the trouble?

 

[kermalou]

how do they know its a real file, *I* know of someone who downloads a lot and a majority of *his* files are fakes......

 

[Kilrsat]

Originally posted by: kermalou
how do they know its a real file, *I* know of someone who downloads a lot and a majority of *his* files are fakes......

They don't care if its a real file or not, that's for you to prove in court. By the DMCA the filename, IP address offering, and a "reasonable" filesize are more than enough evidence to get a court clerk to sign off on a subpena to get your information from your ISP.

Once you're before a judge you can prove that it isn't their property and get off, but thanks to our wonderful laws, you have to show up in court to do that.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: udonoogen

Originally posted by: yellowperil

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
how exactly do u format and write zeros to the drive?

There's an old IBM utility called Wipe that you can put on a DOS boot disk. Otherwise, the HDD manufacturer may provide a utility on their website (I did it with IBM and WD, not sure about Maxtor, Seagate, etc.)

the hitachi people sent me the IBM utility. i still think its possible to recover the files though. what you should do is format, run this utility, install windows, format, run this utility, install windows, format, run this utility, install windows, and then throw the hard drive in the fire.

I am going the 35 pass method with BCwipe