Copyright changes - промени в закона?

by **7george** Нед 02 Окт 2011, 11:29

How they'll affect users of digital content ?

Require internet service providers to notify their customers that they are violating the copyright law if a copyright holder informs the ISP of possible piracy. The ISP is required to retain "relevant information" about the user such as their identity, and that information could potentially be released to the copyright holder with a court order.
Exempt ISPs and search engines from liability for the copyright violations of their users if they are acting strictly as intermediaries in the hosting, caching or communication of copyrighted content.
Prohibit a person to provide a service over the internet or another digital network that the person "knows or should have known is designed primarily to enable acts of copyright infringement." This clause is targeted at websites created for the purpose of distributing copyrighted content, such as the many popular peer-to-peer file-sharing sites used to swap video and audio, and is meant to "make liability for enabling of infringement clear."

Differentiate between a commercial violation of copyright law and an individual violation. Individuals found violating the law could be liable for penalties between $100 and $5,000, which is below the current $20,000 maximum.

Няма страшно, а ..

by **7george** Нед 02 Окт 2011, 11:49

И доста преди тия събития, любезно писъмце от моя Инт. провайдър:

We are writing to inform you that TELUS has received a complaint that alleges that your TELUS Internet Service account has been involved in copyright infringement. This complaint was traced back to your account based on the IP address used at the time of this activity.

At TELUS, we respect our customers privacy: we have not provided your personal account information to the complainant. It is TELUS policy to disclose such information to a complainant in this context only if ordered to do so by a court of law. Please visit http://about.telus.com/legal/privacy/privacy.html for more information about our privacy practices.

We do, however, want you to be aware that this complaint was received by us and offer you the following information that may be of help to you:

If you are unaware of this type of activity originating from your account, you may wish to inquire with others who have access to your account.

If you are using a dial-up account, change the account password to ensure that only authorized users have access to it.

You may also want to check your system for viruses, which may explain why this sort of activity is originating from your account.

If the ADSL modem is connected to a wireless router, please make sure that only your authorized computers can connect to it and access the internet. For help in securing the wireless router, please contact the router vendor.

Below is an excerpt from the complaint that we received regarding your account. We include it in this notice in an effort to help you identify the activity that is in question.

Abraham
Internet Abuse Team Member
Consumer Customer Operations
TELUS Communications
Email abuse@telus.com

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Excerpt from complaint:
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IP Address: YY.YYY.YYY.YYY
Port: 60091
Title: Paycheck
Filename: Paycheck.2003.SWESUB.DVDRip.XviD-BaZZe
Distribution found at: 2011-04-11 05:16:33 GMT
Local time: April 10, 2011 11:16:33 PM
Protocol: BitTorrent

The copyright holder alleges that at April 10, 2011 11:16:33 PM, they were able to connect to the IP address XX.XXX.XXX.XXX. This IP address was assigned to your connection at that time. During the connection they say that they found that portions of the file Paycheck was actively being distributed from your connection. They conclude that as they were able to extract a portion of the file Paycheck.2003.SWESUB.DVDRip.XviD-BaZZe from your connection that their exclusive distribution rights are being violated. They are asking that the file sharing stops immediately. Please note, we can trace the IP address to your account. The actual file could be shared from any computer behind your router, including ones that connect wirelessly.

Should you want further information on the complaint, please reply to this email.

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