Will Someone Receiving A Notice Of Action Under The Digital Millenium Copyright Act Face Legal Consequences?
Posted by Copyright Law Enquirer on July 10th, 2009 at 10:23am
My friend recently was emailed by Comcast which said: 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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2 Comments for Will Someone Receiving A Notice Of Action Under The Digital Millenium Copyright Act Face Legal Consequences?
1. David B | July 10th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
DMCA violation notices should be taken seriously, particularly if the person receiving the notice has engaged in multiple instances of potential or alleged copyright violations. Whether there actually will be litigation or not depends upon the party whose rights have been infringed.
The RIAA has been very acive in going after those who are engaged in unlawful file sharing.
2. nicolasr | July 10th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Those notices, I hear are common. Most likely just a warning.
Use torrents when downloading to avoid obvious detection.
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