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So they want you to send them your physical hard drive, presumably to assure themselves that the data has been erased... But then they also want you to 'delete

by ejk314 12y ago

So they want you to send them your physical hard drive, presumably to assure themselves that the data has been erased... But then they also want you to 'delete any data in your possession', so they already know that that is bullshit.

mkrecny 12y ago
My thoughts exactly.
fimoreth 12y ago
Maybe they want to check what data was scraped?
NotAtWork 12y ago
The letter just asks for a copy of all the data downloaded on a hard drive, meaning they just want to see what you have copied and named a hard drive as a particular medium to receive the data on. It's clear that they intend for it to be an otherwise clean drive, since the mention they're going to wipe the drive before returning it. Again, they're not asking for any specific drive, just that you turn over a copy of all the data collected on a medium that's easy for them to use.
tesq 12y ago
It's so that they can nail you to the wall with the evidence you willfully sent them when they take you to court.
- cornholio 12y ago
  Damn straight. Do not engage these people, do not answer any correspondence - speak to a lawyer if they proceed to legal threats.
  - fataliss 12y ago
    Good point, getting legal advice before doing anything seems like a safe plan!
  - mmagin 12y ago
    This. They're just gathering more evidence by getting you to hand them a hard drive with this on it.
fataliss 12y ago
Yeah, I'd definitely send some unused external hard drive only containing the "stolen" data. And I also find this overkill and ridiculous, I wouldn't think anybody would ever do that in 2014. But then you have majors suing people who uploaded 1 song for million bucks, so, don't be a hero and call your lawyer!
- kstrauser 12y ago
  Be sure to enable full-drive encryption first. They just asked for a hard drive they could copy and erase; they didn't say jack about it being in a readable format. See also: formatted with DragonFlyBSD's "Hammer" filesystem. Archived in BinHex. Saved with Base37 encoding. And 9-bit bytes. In the "/home/leopard/music" directory of a fresh Debian Potato install.

by ejk314 12y ago

mkrecny 12y ago

My thoughts exactly.

fimoreth 12y ago

Maybe they want to check what data was scraped?

NotAtWork 12y ago

The letter just asks for a copy of all the data downloaded on a hard drive, meaning they just want to see what you have copied and named a hard drive as a particular medium to receive the data on. It's clear that they intend for it to be an otherwise clean drive, since the mention they're going to wipe the drive before returning it. Again, they're not asking for any specific drive, just that you turn over a copy of all the data collected on a medium that's easy for them to use.

tesq 12y ago

It's so that they can nail you to the wall with the evidence you willfully sent them when they take you to court.

cornholio 12y ago
Damn straight. Do not engage these people, do not answer any correspondence - speak to a lawyer if they proceed to legal threats.
- fataliss 12y ago
  Good point, getting legal advice before doing anything seems like a safe plan!
- mmagin 12y ago
  This. They're just gathering more evidence by getting you to hand them a hard drive with this on it.

fataliss 12y ago

Yeah, I'd definitely send some unused external hard drive only containing the "stolen" data. And I also find this overkill and ridiculous, I wouldn't think anybody would ever do that in 2014. But then you have majors suing people who uploaded 1 song for million bucks, so, don't be a hero and call your lawyer!

kstrauser 12y ago
Be sure to enable full-drive encryption first. They just asked for a hard drive they could copy and erase; they didn't say jack about it being in a readable format. See also: formatted with DragonFlyBSD's "Hammer" filesystem. Archived in BinHex. Saved with Base37 encoding. And 9-bit bytes. In the "/home/leopard/music" directory of a fresh Debian Potato install.