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I used to work at an ISP, and once a month I would stuff envelopes with DMCA letters. I can assure you, that the only thing your ISP is doing with this letters
by thesuitonym 6y ago
I used to work at an ISP, and once a month I would stuff envelopes with DMCA letters. I can assure you, that the only thing your ISP is doing with this letters is laughing at whatever porn you downloaded. They're just a scare tactic, and if you get one, you can almost certainly ignore it.
- connicpu 6y agoDidn't Cox recently lose a big lawsuit for not actually doing anything to punish repeat DMCA offenders? I'd be cautious about assuming those letters are still harmless today.
- gcbw3 6y agoNo. They got a $1bi shakedown in a local court because they successfully fought the RIA in 2015 and won (it was $25mi then). This time, Cox legal team tried to simply stand behind the DMCA safe-harbor (just like google does) and somehow lost. it will appeal and win (or likely settle out of court as RIAA already got what it wanted, a hole in safe-harbor)
- driverdan 6y agoThis varies between ISPs. Some will shut off your connection after a certain number of DMCA letters.
- CameronNemo 6y agoI've had a connection shut off because of three letters. Spectrum.
- gcbw3 6y agoSpectrum is a joke. They constantly call me and expect me to provide them my address and payment details like it is a sane thing to ask. Which is sad because their pricing model is less stupid than most of the competition.