Re: DMCA Settlement letter from Video Protection Alliance Services, LLC

["Hudson, Edward" <ewhudson () CSUCHICO EDU>]

We received a "notice" from this group and attempts to speak to them were unsuccessful, answering machines that were 
less than professional etc. It seemed a bit sketchy to us so forwarded the note to the involved student with no 
recommendation one way or the other and have not heard back from them.

Ed Hudson, CISM
Information Security Office 
California State University, Chico 
www.csuchico.edu/ires/security 
Office: (530) 898-6307
Cell: 707-799-3250
ewhudson () csuchico edu


-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Mayne, 
Jim
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 2:35 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] DMCA Settlement letter from Video Protection Alliance Services, LLC

We recently received a DMCA settlement letter from 


Video Protection Alliance Services, LLC
PO Box 322
Cream Ridge, NJ 08514-0322
United States
+1-866-251-2631

Has anyone else received something from this group? We actually received letters with two different from addresses, one 
'copyright () videoprotectionalliance com' and one 'copyright () getamnesty com'. 

They have a professional web site with a ssl certificate issued by Verisign but how can one really tell a legitimate 
letter from a scam? How do you know they are really acting on behalf of a legitimate copyright holder? 

Jim