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What are the chances that if If the RIAA conctacts you and
says that they have tracked
you downloading illegal
movies, what are the chances
that they will sue you? A
friend of mine was contacted
by the RIAA via e-mail. Will
he get fined and/or sued?
Sorry, not the RIAA, i was
assuming that was the
organization but it actually
wasnt. Yeah my friend was
notified through Comcast that
they had recieved word from
whatever the organization was
that he had violated some law.
The letter said:
Comcast has received a
notification by a copyright
owner reporting an alleged
infringment of one or more
copyrighted works made on or
over comcasts highspeed
internet service. The works
copyrighted by the copyright
owner are: .......... comcast
reminds you that the use of
the service in any manner that
constitutes an infringement of
any copyrighted work is a
violation of comcasts
acceptable use policy and may
result in termination of your
service account.
what's going to happen to
him... anybody know?
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In my experience, the RIAA contacts via certified mail with legal documentation. They do not generally email someone... at least, not that I have have ever heard of. If the RIAA goes through the trouble to contact someone through legal methods, they are going to sue. Something is not right in this situation, however, as the RIAA represents the recording industry... music, not movies. |
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If it was comcast, chances are they are giving your friend a warning. If he keeps doing what he is doing the RIAA might contact him directly. What did the letter say? |
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Notice of Action under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.....ABuse number: --- Dear comcast highspeed internet subscriber: Comcast has received a notification by a copyright owner reporting an alleged infringment of one or more copyrighted works made on or over comcasts highspeed internet service. The works copyrighted by the copyright owner are: .......... comcast reminds you that the use of the service in any manner that constitutes an infringement of any copyrighted work is a violation of comcasts acceptable use policy and may result in termination of your service account. This is only a notice from comcast saying that some copyright owner has contacted comcast...so he hasnt her from the copyright owner yet. What do you think will happen to him? Sued? just a warning? |
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Where I live, in NJ, I deal with the courts a lot and I see lawsuits filed every week against illegal downloaders who live here. The suits are filed by the record company that owns the rights to the songs. I can only guess it's the same elsewhere. |
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