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

[David Lundy <dlundy () PACIFIC EDU>]

We have received four notices.  One turned out to be a staff member with
a high amount of P2P traffic and three for the same student.  The
connection time, ip and ports matched with log entries.

The proposed settlement was $40 in each case.

We can not offer insight on Video Protection Alliance.

Dave Lundy
University of the Pacific

-----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