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Busted ; No internet 15 days min.


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As Mr. Mays says, threaten to sue them. Start by laying out a foundation of common carrier law. Let them know that since they are monitoring your traffic, they obviously are an accomplice to your crime by delivering the content to you knowingly. Then lay out that if that is the case, since they are providing the service to you for profit and knowingly transmitting copyrighted material to you, they are liable for willful infringement. Willful infringement, as per USC 17, Section 504.C.2 they are liable for $150,000 per offense. Meaning if they want to push the issue since this is strike three of them warning you, they have opened themselves to $450,000 worth of liability.

 

*OR* they could stop monitoring your traffic and let you use the bandwidth that you paid for...after all, how do they know you don't have a valid license for the listed content? Did they contact the copyright owner and inquire as to your license status?

 

You probably aren't smart enough to pull it off, but there's an argument you could use.

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As Mr. Mays says, threaten to sue them. Start by laying out a foundation of common carrier law. Let them know that since they are monitoring your traffic, they obviously are an accomplice to your crime by delivering the content to you knowingly. Then lay out that if that is the case, since they are providing the service to you for profit and knowingly transmitting copyrighted material to you, they are liable for willful infringement. Willful infringement, as per USC 17, Section 504.C.2 they are liable for $150,000 per offense. Meaning if they want to push the issue since this is strike three of them warning you, they have opened themselves to $450,000 worth of liability.

 

*OR* they could stop monitoring your traffic and let you use the bandwidth that you paid for...after all, how do they know you don't have a valid license for the listed content? Did they contact the copyright owner and inquire as to your license status?

 

You probably aren't smart enough to pull it off, but there's an argument you could use.

 

Yeah but there one problem with your second suggestion. They warned him because the RIAA warned them. So there goes the argument about them not knowing that he has a valid licence.

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As Mr. Mays says, threaten to sue them. Start by laying out a foundation of common carrier law. Let them know that since they are monitoring your traffic, they obviously are an accomplice to your crime by delivering the content to you knowingly. Then lay out that if that is the case, since they are providing the service to you for profit and knowingly transmitting copyrighted material to you, they are liable for willful infringement. Willful infringement, as per USC 17, Section 504.C.2 they are liable for $150,000 per offense. Meaning if they want to push the issue since this is strike three of them warning you, they have opened themselves to $450,000 worth of liability.

 

*OR* they could stop monitoring your traffic and let you use the bandwidth that you paid for...after all, how do they know you don't have a valid license for the listed content? Did they contact the copyright owner and inquire as to your license status?

 

You probably aren't smart enough to pull it off, but there's an argument you could use.

 

If im ever in trouble, ill make sure to hire you as my lawyer : P

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Alright, without proceeding with a John Doe lawsuit to discover the identity of the owner of the IP, how does the RIAA know that he doesn't have a license? Comcast doesn't turn over subscriber details without subpoenas, as far as I know.

 

That's the problem. RIAA doesn't know. They shoot first, ask questions later. Then ending up fucking themselves over.

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