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"Copyright infringement also violates your ISP's terms of service and could lead to limitation or suspension of your Internet service. You should take immediate action to prevent your Internet account from being used for illegal activities," the movie companies write in various letters, according to TorrentFreak. Although the copyright holders use strong language, these notices are nothing simply warnings, and typically do not lead to legal action.
Every year, the major movie studios and record labels send out tens of thousands of warnings to Internet users suspected of sharing their content using P2P software, in order to persuade them to never download anything again. The copyright holders hire third parties to track down people who share certain their content. These companies then in turn request the files from others, log IP addresses of those who share files with them, look up the corresponding IP addresses, and automatically send out infringement notices.
ISPs are then asked to forward these notices to the customers in question, but in this case, Google has also been contacted. A few of the ones sent to Google are on behalf of Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures for sharing The Fighter and The Green Hornet, respectively.
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treetops
on February 8, 2011 5:02 PM |
That reminds me I need to go pirate the green hornet looks like a ok movie. |
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Guest
on February 8, 2011 5:10 PM |
Maybe this will finally put an end to all this mpaa bullsh*t. Google's got the money and pull to really pounce these ****** and maybe we'll get lucky and see some realistic fair use laws come from this. |
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Guest
on February 8, 2011 5:14 PM |
Shutting down google is like shutting down half the internet. Good luck with that. |
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aj_the_kidd
on February 8, 2011 5:16 PM |
Trying to decide which story is the biggest example of stupidity and futility the MPAA, Sony or LG. Its a tough one |
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Guest
on February 8, 2011 5:16 PM |
brb jumping onto my neighbor's open wifi to download some pornography. also good luck, google as large as it is no doubt has more than one isp feeding its tubes. |
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negroplasty
on February 8, 2011 5:29 PM |
Yeah go ahead and shut off their ISP, I'm sure they only have one... connected to only one server HAHAHAHA |
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captaincranky
on February 8, 2011 5:35 PM |
Couldn't Google just buy the MPAA.....? |
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treetops
on February 8, 2011 5:36 PM |
google should buy that isp fire everyone then staff it with celebrity look alikes |
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treetops
on February 8, 2011 5:36 PM |
Why so serious MPAA? |
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madboyv1
on February 8, 2011 5:47 PM |
aj_the_kidd said: Trying to decide which story is the biggest example of stupidity and futility the MPAA, Sony or LG. Its a tough one I think... This one takes the cake. The LG story is nothing new, nothing to see there. the Sony story also happens now and then, but this story... lol. |
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Mizzou
on February 8, 2011 5:57 PM |
Just Sony trying to use it's favorite non-profit trade organization to "scare" Google into handing over that confidential data on all those individuals that haven't broken a single law. It appears that the movie studios have now determined that they have dominion over the internet. Google has received more than 100 copyright infringement warnings from MPAA-affiliated movies studios I honestly don't know how big the Google user base is but this strikes me as a very small number ... pretty weak. |
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JudaZ
on February 8, 2011 6:03 PM |
ha ha ha .. yeah like Google cares. Maybe something good will come from this. Maybe Google will just move their headoffice to a country that is more friendly and open to free speach and thoughts ... maybe North Korea Then the american tax system can thank MPAA for yet a nother big companys profits lost from their hands. |
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Mizzou
on February 8, 2011 6:19 PM |
... More than forty years later, the system continues to evolve with our society and endures as a shining symbol of American freedom of expression. This quote is taken directly from the About Us page on the MPAA website, good to know that they're giving their all to promote American freedom of expression. Just how in the wide world of sports do they get by with a non-profit charter? There is nothing about this organization that is not about profit. |
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princeton
on February 8, 2011 6:29 PM |
When google gives a **** let me know. |
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Wendig0
on February 8, 2011 6:59 PM |
This is better than when Al Gore created the internet! Pure GOLD! |
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Relic
on February 8, 2011 7:05 PM |
Mizzou said: Google has received more than 100 copyright infringement warnings from MPAA-affiliated movies studios I honestly don't know how big the Google user base is but this strikes me as a very small number ... pretty weak. Same thing crossed my mind, that number is tiny and feels like a waste of time. Google is the bigger Goliath here to begin with so I don't get what the MPAA thinks they can do besides make themselves look even more foolish and out of touch. |
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yRaz
on February 8, 2011 9:29 PM |
MPAA, bring it on!!!!! I look forward to getting front row sets to this fight! I read this and started howling! Good way to end a long night. |
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Lurker101
on February 8, 2011 9:40 PM |
Aren't the MPAA sick of losing ridiculous court cases yet? |
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gwailo247
on February 8, 2011 9:52 PM |
Tomorrow Google will "accidentally" redirect all searches for MPAA to NAMBLA. |
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captaincranky
on February 8, 2011 10:29 PM |
Tomorrow Google will "accidentally" redirect all searches for MPAA to NAMBLA. I thought that "NAMBLA" was the "MPAA's" sister site anyway.
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littlebill
on February 8, 2011 11:05 PM |
Market Value of Listed Security $ 153,609,920,660 GOOG: Stock Quote & Summary Data $ 618.38 4.085 ^ 0.66% I really don't think Google gives a rats A**. LOL MPAA it'll never happen |
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Wendig0
on February 9, 2011 12:02 AM |
littlebill said: Market Value of Listed Security $ 153,609,920,660
Incidentally, the MPAA will be seeking damages of $218,824,322,040.37 |
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IAMTHESTIG
on February 9, 2011 12:26 AM |
lol... who is running MPAA? Bunch of ******... They should be embracing technology, making it cheaper and easier for users to buy movies. Instead of trying to pork everyone and control everything. I'm confident they could make MORE money if they adopted a business strategy that catered to the modern youth and their craving for instant video. MPAA is going about this battle all wrong, and eventually it will be their un-doing. |
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Guest
on February 9, 2011 12:53 AM |
Okey, but without google the internet keeps working, right? |
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captaincranky
on February 9, 2011 1:21 AM |
Oh my God, I guess you have to be a full blown sociopath, with paranoid delusions of grandeur, to even apply for a job with the MPAA. This is scary folks, think about it. They're libel to field a "MoomPah" party candidate for president in 2012! |
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