not sure if this particular situation is legit or not, but i was just talking to an old co-worker about 5 min ago and he forwarded this email he got from his isp regarding p2p/torrent downloading...
-----Original Message-----
From:
[email protected] [mailto:
[email protected]]
Sent: September 18, 2006 8:56 AM
To:
[email protected]
Subject: Rogers EUA Management Team Notice
Dear XXXXXX XXXXXXXX
Rogers Cable (Rogers) has received a notice stating that activities
associated with your IP address are infringing copyright in material(s)
owned or exclusively licensed by others.
The full notice is appended to this e-mail below.
Under the Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet End User Agreement (EUA) and
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), you are prohibited from using the Rogers Yahoo!
Hi-Speed Internet service to engage in illegal activities, including
activities that infringe copyright. Copies of our EUA and AUP are available
at:
http://help.yahoo.com/rogers
Where there has been a violation of our EUA and/or AUP, including the
unauthorized distribution of copyright-protected material, Rogers has the
right to take appropriate action against you.
If you have any questions about the attached copyright notice, please
contact the sender of the notice using the contact information provided in
the notice. Please do not reply to this e-mail.
We trust you will comply with our policies and all applicable laws in using
the Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet service.
Sincerely,
EUA Management Team
Rogers Yahoo Hi-Speed Internet
http://na.edit.client.yahoo.com/roge...ic?.form=terms
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Entertainment Software Association
575 7th Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20004 USA
Attention: Intellectual Property Enforcement
Telephone: 202-223-2400
E-mail:
[email protected]
16 Sep 2006 10:38:34 GMT
ISP: Rogers Cable
ESA Reference Number: 182-200465
Dear Rogers Cable:
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is a trade association that
represents the intellectual property interests of numerous companies that
publish interactive games for video game consoles, personal computers,
handheld devices and the Internet in the United States of America, in
Canada, and in other countries (collectively referred to as ESA members).
ESA is authorized to act on behalf of ESA members whose copyright and other
intellectual property rights it believes to be infringed as described
herein.
ESA is providing this letter of notification to make Rogers Cable aware of
material on its network or system that infringes the exclusive copyright
rights of and is unlawful towards one or more ESA members.
ESA members are entitled to the full protection of Canadian intellectual
property laws, including the Copyright Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-42, as
amended, in such entertainment software products.
Based on the information at its disposal, ESA has a good faith belief that
the IP address below infringes the rights of one or more ESA members by
offering for sale or download unauthorized copies of game products protected
by copyright, or offering for sale or download material that is the subject
of infringing activities. The copyrighted works that have been infringed
include but are not limited to:
Title: NHL 07
Infringement Source: BitTorrent
Infringement Timestamp: 16 Sep 2006 09:43:14 GMT
Infringement Last Documented: 16 Sep 2006 09:43:14 GMT
Infringer Username:
Infringing Filename: NHL_07-Razor1911[
www.moviex.info]/rzr-nhl7.rar
Infringing Filesize: 2056600232
Infringer IP Address: 70.27.244.32
Infringer DNS Name: CPE00138f616e0c-CM00080d033048.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com
Infringing URL:
The unauthorized copies of such game product(s) or the material that is the
subject of infringing activities appears on or is made available through the
above-listed IP address. Those items are listed and/or identified thereon
by their titles or variations thereof, game-related
listings/references/descriptions, or depictions of game-related artwork.
Such copies, titles, game-related listings/references/descriptions,
depictions, and material that is the subject of infringing activities, are
hereinafter referred to as "Infringing Material."
Accordingly, ESA hereby requests Rogers Cable to immediately do the
following:
1. Notify the account holder of the Infringing Material.
2. Remove, or disable access to, the Infringing Material detailed above.
3. Take appropriate action against the account holder under your Abuse
Policy/Terms
of Service Agreement, including termination of a repeat offender.
Please inform us whether you will remove or disable access to the
Infringing Material as requested. Rogers Cable or the account holder may
contact ESA at the above-listed contact details, with email preferred.
Please include the above-noted Reference Number in the subject line of all
email correspondence.
Thank you for your cooperation and prompt response in this matter.
Sincerely,
Intellectual Property Enforcement
Entertainment Software Association
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looks like they're really cracking down