Re: High levels of DMCA notifications

["Waterhouse, Bill" <bill.waterhouse () ROCHESTER EDU>]

Even with additional awareness campaigns, we have also experienced an uptick in notices.  We’re running ~30% above last 
year’s rate, averaging 22 notification per week compared to 17 last year.

 

We have received two Zappa notifications.  We’ve also received pre-litigation settlement letters from Totally Tasteless 
Videos.  With any pre-litigation settlement letters received, we advise individuals to obtain legal counsel before 
replying and/or settling with the following verbiage:

 

“The University has received a notice regarding alleged copyright infringement associated with your NetID and occurring 
on a system for which you are responsible. The email states you have been served a settlement offer - specifically, if 
you pay now using the provided web link and password, you can avoid costly legal fees later. The University of 
Rochester suggests you retain legal counsel before making any payments, as the settlement offer was not delivered via a 
law firm representing the artist in question.” 

 

Thanks,

Bill

 

Bill Waterhouse 
Methods and Procedures Analyst 

University of  Rochester - University IT

bill.waterhouse () rochester edu

p: 585.275.9074  

 

 

 

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Sweeny, 
Jonny
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 2:27 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] High levels of DMCA notifications

 

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The last four months have been high (~380 to 420 notices per month), but nothing compared to our numbers in April 2008 
(>800 notices).

 

 

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~Jonny Sweeny, GSEC, GCWN, GCIH, GWAS

Incident Response Manager, Lead Security Analyst

Office of the VP for Information Technology, Indiana University

PGP & S/MIME: http://informationsecurity.iu.edu/Jonny_Sweeny

jsweeny () iu edu -- phone: (812) 855-4194 -- fax: (812) 856-1011

 

 

 

 

- -----Original Message-----

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Joel 
Rosenblatt

Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 15:51

To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU

Subject: Re: [SECURITY] High levels of DMCA notifications

 

Now that you mention it, there does seem to be a big increase - sure am glad I have that nifty automated DMCA system in 
place :-)

 

Month      #  % of year

 

Jan . .  237  8.5%

Feb . .  209  7.5%

Mar . .  115  4.1%

Apr . .  246  8.8%

May . .  185  6.6%

Jun . .   85  3.0%

Jul . .  157  5.6%

Aug . .  114  4.1%

Sep . .  222  8.0%

Oct . .  398 14.3%

Nov . .  534 19.3%   <-- this is the all time high for us for 1 month

Dec . .  264  9.5%

 

Thanks,

Joel

 

Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security

Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)

Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033

http://www.columbia.edu/~joel

 

 

- --On Tuesday, December 22, 2009 12:00 PM -0700 Bob Bayn <bob.bayn () USU EDU> wrote:

 

> Yup, I'm processing way more DMCA notifiations than every before, too.

>

> On a related note, we had never received a notofication from the Frank Zappa Family Trust before, but got our first 
> one last week.  But it wasn't a takedown

> notice, it was a presettlement notice.  It was also not sent to our registered DMCA agent address.

>

> Anybody else ever dealth with the Zappas?

>

> Bob Bayn        (435)797-2396      Security Team coordinator

>   Don't let hackers use your computer when you aren't.

>   Turn off your computer at the end of your work day.

> Office of Information Technology   at  Utah State University

> ________________________________________

> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of John Baines 
> [John_Baines () NCSU EDU]

> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 6:31 AM

> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU

> Subject: [SECURITY] High levels of DMCA notifications

>

> We are seeing very high levels of DMCA notifications during November and December 2009. They are running two to three 
> times monthly averages for the last

> twelve months, and the November 2009 total volume received is over four times the November 2008 total. Is anyone else 
> seeing the same thing? Is this volume

> of notifications a reaction by the copyright holders to the HEOA including "a vigorous program of accepting and 
> responding to Digital Millennium Copyright

> Act (DMCA) notices" under "a variety of technology-based deterrents"?

>

> JLB

>

>

>

>

> John L. Baines

> John_Baines () ncsu edu

> Voice: 919-513-7482

> Mobile: 919-215-3682

>

> Assistant Director  (AD) Security Standards and Compliance team,

> Security & Compliance unit,

> Office of Information Technology (OIT)

> North Carolina State University

> Hillsborough Bldg, Room 207-D

> 2620 Hillsborough St.

> Campus Box 7109

> Raleigh, NC 27695-7109

>

 

 

 

Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security

Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)

Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033

http://www.columbia.edu/~joel

 

 

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