Well I Just Got An E-mail From My Provider

[speedeman]

I just got an e-mail from btopenworld telling me that they know ive been using BT and they want me to stop, I know people have had prank e-mails b4 so if you could give me your views on this please:

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Re: Unauthorized Use of Universal Motion Pictures
Notice ID: 1410893
6 Mar 2004 01:31:36 GMT

Universal City Studios Productions LLLP and its affiliated companies
(collectively, "Universal") are the exclusive owners of copyrights in
many motion pictures, including the motion pictures listed below.

It has come to our attention that bt-adsl is the service provider for
the IP address listed below, from which unauthorized copying and
distribution (downloading, uploading, file serving, file "swapping" or
other similar activities) of Universal's motion picture(s) listed below
is taking place. We believe that the Internet access of the user
engaging in this infringement is provided by bt-adsl or a downstream
service provider who purchases this connectivity from bt-adsl.

This unauthorized copying and distribution constitutes copyright
infringement under applicable national laws and international treaties.
Although various legal and equitable remedies may be available to
Universal as a result of such infringement, Universal believes that the
entire Internet community benefits when these matters are resolved
cooperatively. We urge you to take immediate action to stop this
infringing activity and inform us of the results of your actions. We
appreciate your efforts toward this common goal.

Please be advised that this letter is not and is not intended to be a
complete statement of the facts or law as they may pertain to this
matter or of Universal's positions, rights or remedies, legal or
equitable, all of which are specifically reserved.

Very truly yours,


Internet Anti-Piracy Team,
Worldwide Anti-Piracy Operations
VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT.
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608
tel. (818) 777-3111
fax (818) 866-6339
[email protected]

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Title: Along Came Polly
Infringement Source: BitTorrent
Initial Infringement Timestamp: 28 Feb 2004 13:29:30 GMT
Recent Infringment Timestamp: 28 Feb 2004 16:56:30 GMT
Infringer Username:
Infringing Filename: Along.Came.Polly.SVCD.TS-FUJiTiVE
Infringing Filesize: 1649145397
Infringers IP Address: [IP Removed]
Infringers DNS Name: [Removed]
Infringing URL: [IP Removed]:6881/Along.Came.Polly.SVCD.TS-FUJiTiVE

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<Infringement xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://mpto.unistudios.com/xml/Infringeme
nt_schema.xsd">
<Case>
<ID>5165782</ID>
<Status>New</Status>
</Case>
<Complainant>
<Entity>Universal Studios</Entity>
<Contact>Aaron Markham</Contact>
<Address>100 Universal City Plaza (1280/6)</Address>
<Phone>818-777-3111</Phone>
<Email>[email protected]</Email>
</Complainant>
<Service_Provider>
<Entity>bt-adsl</Entity>
<Contact></Contact>
<Address></Address>
<Email>[email protected]</Email>
</Service_Provider>
<Source>
<TimeStamp>2004-28-02T13:29:30Z</TimeStamp>
<IP_Address>[IP Removed]</IP_Address>
<DNS_Name>[Removed]</DNS_Name>
<Type>BitTorrent</Type>
<UserName></UserName>
<Number_Files>1</Number_Files>
<Deja_Vu>No</Deja_Vu>
</Source>
<Content>
<Item>
<Title>Along Came Polly</Title>
<FileName>Along.Came.Polly.SVCD.TS-FUJiTiVE</FileName>
<FileSize>1649145397</FileSize>
<URL>[IP Removed]:6881/Along.Came.Polly.SVCD.TS-FUJiTiVE</URL>
<Type>Video</Type>
</Item>
</Content>
</Infringement>
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[bujub22]

did u dl thoses movies there talking about?? if not it&#39;s fakes ,or go to the website the provided??

[firefox]

Wow lost for words

[Dwight Frye]

Are you using PeerGuardian? It blocks A LOT of studio scumbag traffic.

[Switeck]

The email seems no joke, although &#39;monitoring&#39; BitTorrent is trivial to do.

Strangely, no company is mentioned as doing the actual anti-piracy monitoring -- so there&#39;s no leads on additional blocking schemes.

"Internet Anti-Piracy Team, Worldwide Anti-Piracy Operations" just isn&#39;t much to go on. It makes them sound bigger and more powerful than they probably really are.

However, that is probably VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT/Universal City Studios Productions LLLP/Universal&#39;s intentions -- to prevent anti-piracy method researchers from blocking their unwanted intrusions.

All things considering, it seems rather UNLIKELY that the email is a hoax.
BUT... I wouldn&#39;t reply to it in any case.

[Masked Turtle]

Look... The email included what it claimed was your ip address... [IP Removed] if that&#39;s your address then it might be credible, if not, then it&#39;s just some random scare spam. I would look up the fake sounding name on the net and see what you can find.

[Tackdaddy]

i got busted for downloading stuff off of bittorrent buy a monitoring company and my isp cut my connection for 2 days until i called them to inform them that i had removed the movies,so i believe it is real.

[Rip The Jacker]

@speedeman
For your own security and privacy, I&#39;ve removed your IP address from your post.