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Georgia
Below is a letter I recieved from a RIAA rep regarding a xdcc bot serving mp3 files connected to my IRC server. To my understanding irc is an un moderated medium, and with the extemely high amount of users connected to our network it would be virtually impossible for me to ban every xdcc bot serving mp3's and monitor future bots to make sure they are not serving mp3s. While I have removed the bot that the RIAA is currently complaining about I expect the RIAA to complain about another bot in the future and figure that I am just blowing them off.. Now my question is what could I tell them to keep them off my back and what are my options at this point? Thanks for all your help.
>Re: IRC Server ("Bot") operating at [ip kept private]
> Network: [kept private]
> Channel: #mp3-albums
> Bot Name: [mp3]-XDCC-056
>
>Dear Sir or Madam:
>
>I am contacting you on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of
>America, Inc. (RIAA) and its member record companies. The RIAA is a trade
>association whose member companies create, manufacture and distribute
>approximately ninety (90) percent of all legitimate sound recordings sold
>in the United States. Under penalty of perjury, we submit that the RIAA
>is authorized to act on behalf of its member companies in matters
>involving the infringement of their sound recordings, including enforcing
>their copyrights and common law rights on the Internet.
>
>We believe your service is hosting the above-referenced IRC server on its
>system. This server, which we accessed on 2/27/04 at 12:02 p.m. (EST),
>offers approximately 163 sound files for download. Many of these files
>contain recordings owned by our member companies, including songs by the
>artist known as Cee-Lo, which have not yet been commercially released
>. We have a good faith belief that the above-described activity is not
>authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. We assert that
>the information in this notification is accurate, based upon the data
>available to us.
>
>We are asking for your immediate assistance in stopping this unauthorized
>activity. Specifically, we request that you remove the server, delete the
>infringing sound files or that you disable access to this server or the
>infringing files being offered via your system. In addition, please
>inform the site operator of the illegality of his or her conduct and
>confirm with the RIAA, in writing, that this activity has ceased.
>
>You should understand that this letter constitutes notice to you that this
>site operator may be liable for the infringing activity occurring on your
>service. In addition, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, if you
>ignore this notice, you and/or your company may also be liable for any
>resulting infringement. This letter does not constitute a waiver of any
>right to recover damages incurred by virtue of any such unauthorized
>activities, and such rights as well as claims for other relief are
>expressly retained.
>
>Thank you in advance for your prompt assistance in this matter. If you
>have any questions, please feel free to contact me via e-mail at
>antipiracy@riaa.com, via telephone at (202) 775-0101, or via mail at RIAA,
>1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C., 20036.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Traci Crippen
>Online Copyright Protection
>RIAA
>
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Now my question is what could I tell them to keep them off my back and what are my options at this point? Remove the songs.
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Yes, Tracii is a mean sob.
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You may want to contact the EFF.
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Originally posted by mykoleary
You may want to contact the EFF. **A: I did and they told me "eff u"
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Mabye I could possibly get some usefull information other than remove the songs.. aparently you did not read my post.. so if anyone has information that actually benifit me please let me know otherwise I would appriciate it if you would keep your comments to yourself.. thanks in advance
- tom
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Originally posted by tomlarose
Mabye I could possibly get some usefull information other than remove the songs.. aparently you did not read my post.. so if anyone has information that actually benifit me please let me know otherwise I would appriciate it if you would keep your comments to yourself.. thanks in advance
- tom **A: usefull, benifit, appriciate are all words that you did not spell correctly.
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O.K. since you didn't like my answer I'll change it.
Hey dumbAss, close your network. It's called a router.
How was that?
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Are you talking to me Pf?
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**A: usefull, benifit, appriciate are all words that you did not spell correctly.
Thanks I'll be sure to check spelling next time.
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Originally posted by tomlarose
Thanks I'll be sure to check spelling next time. **A: you are very welcome.
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Are you talking to me Pf? no, not when you're dangling a redhead in cosmetics.
I was trying to get through to Tom with the thick skull and his 1,001 arabian excuses for RIAA not coming down hard on his ass.
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I'm just trying to find out if I have any other options other than closing down the entire network.. maybe some technicalities or something that I could use in my defense.. Closing down the entire network is my last resort and belive me if that is what it takes to get the RIAA off my back I will do it smiling.
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Originally posted by tomlarose
I'm just trying to find out if I have any other options other than closing down the entire network.. maybe some technicalities or something that I could use in my defense.. Closing down the entire network is my last resort and belive me if that is what it takes to get the RIAA off my back I will do it smiling. **A: belive?
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Hey nobody's perfect