Re: RIAA Notices

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Comments inline.

On May 6, 2008, at 11:58 AM, Scholz, Greg wrote:
> I think your right and the report is confused...but I think we have  
> all
> looked at this as a "we believe" rather than a confirmed situation.

I can confirm this based on a conversation with a representative of  
the RIAA's technical enforcement.

RIAA DMCA notices are sent out using the advertisements based on a  
combination of filenames, titles,
sizes and (for P2P protocols that use them) advertised hashes.

This is because DMCA allows a complaint to be sent if there is  
sufficient "reason to believe" that an infringement exists.

ESLs (Early Settlement Letters -- a process separate from DMCA  
notification),
are --instead-- based on a download of the content being advertised to  
verify
that the content is the actual intellectual property - a higher level  
of evidence.

On May 6, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Brian Friday wrote:
> I found this sentence in the 7th paragraph interesting....
>
> 	"Sherman attributed the “phenomenal jump” in the number of  
> complaints to a “major change in the software and hardware” its  
> major vendor uses to detect online infringement."

This is the same thing a representative from the RIAA said when asked  
about the recent uptick in complaints :
         "the technology for detection has improved".

> Has anyone noticed a recent revision in copysense hardware/software?  
> Last I knew the linux based system they were advertising in late  
> 2007 was removed until they themselves could obey copyright....

It was the MPAA that made the 'Linux+Snort + "custom snort signatures"  
system (AKA http://universitytoolkit.com/ ) had made available last  
fall.

The web site is no longer up.   See: 
http://listserv.educause.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0711&L=icpl&T=0&H=1&F=&I=-3&S=&P=440

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