MediaSentry operates in Australia: confirmed
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- p2pnet can confirm MediaSentry is now definitely operating in Australia.
The clip on the right is from a letter sent to the father of Breno Cavalheiro, a Brisbane student thrown out of his dormitory on the say-so of Sony Music, with MediaSentry up front.
On May 22 we posted an email from Breno which said »»»
Yesterday I got called into the Managers office because the network manager had been contacted by Mediasentry and emailed one of the generic copyright infringement emails as a result of me downloading Angels and Demons.
The manager then proceeded to adopt an -as far as i can tell- exageratingly literal interpretation of the following exerpt from the automated email:
1.) Disable access to the individual who has engaged in the conduct described above; and
2.) Terminate any and all accounts that this individual has through you
With less than a month left to the semester and in the misdt of the examination period he has asked me to leave the dorm.
While I understand he does reserve the right to terminate my stay at his descretion I was just inquiring about the seriousness of recieving a MediaSentry email and if they are infact even lisensed to conduct their investigative work outside of the United States.
Now instead of studying for my exams and working on my final assignments I must take time to find a place to live before the 29th of May (2009).
Recording Industry vs The People’s Ray Beckerman had strong reservations as to whether in fact this was MediaSentry, the ‘investigative’ company used by Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music’s RIAA to provide ‘evidence’ in file sharing cases, but which was recently fired by the corporate music extortionate unit.
“I just have a hunch it wasn’t really MediaSentry,” said Beckerman.
“MediaSentry never locates actual downloads.”
It does now — in Australia at least.
In a Reader’s Write, “I forwarded Jon the email my father received from the dorm manager with the emails the network manager received from mediasentry attached,” says Breno, continuing »»»
As I`ve already gotten kicked out and don`t see any chance of me being let back, even until the holidays, I was just writing to inquire about the seriousness of receiving one of these emails from Mediasentry.
I have been doing some research on my own and discovered Mediasentry is not even licensed to act in some States in the US so I was merely wondering if they are licensed to do so outside of the US (Australia).
Before it was fired by the RIAA, MediaSentry was indeed apparently functioning without official approval in a number of states across America, one such being Michigan where Randy Kruger, the father of RIAA victim Brittany Kruger, is still trying to have the company investigated by state authorities.
MediaSentry provided ‘ evidence’ for the Jammie Thomas case, set for re-trial in June.
In his Reader”s Write, Breno adds »»»
What would one do if they were living at home and received one of these emails themselves, Is it cause to show alarm or just a sort of warning. When I was called in the Manager tried to tell me he was contacted personally by Sony Pictures and a lawsuit was imminent if he did not keep his agreement with them and remove me from the dorm. How accurate is this?
Lie, cheat, deceive
The term Bad Actor is popular with politicians and the many and various representatives of the Big 4 music labels, said p2pnet recently, going on »»»
Bad Actor – http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bad%20Actor
A person that attempts to lie, cheat, or deceive
MediaSentry is a bad actor.
For years it`s been the lynchpin of RIAA file sharing cases against innocent American men, women and children.
Which makes the deeply troubled RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), virtually owned and operated by Vivendi Universal (France), Sony (Japan), EMI (Britain), and Warner Music (US, but controlled by a Canadian), an even worse actor.
`Evidence` produced by MediaSentry â bought by SafeNet Digital Rights Management for cash and stock consideration of $20 million in 2005 is still openly presented in US courtrooms by the RIAA just as though it`s accurate and reliable and developed by credible sources.
But … the company was sold to rival MediaDefender for a paltry $136,000 in cash and a promise of $800,000 in a year.
Just $136,000 for a company which only three years earlier SafeNet – with Chris Feede running it – had bought for twenty million dollars?
MediaDefender is owned by ARTISTdirect.
‘I field DMCA take-down requests’
MediaSentry’s new owner boasts on its web site:
“The MediaSentry Services portfolio provides clients with powerful, end-to-end solutions designed to meet specific content protection, intelligence and distribution needs. With a global infrastructure spanning the most prolific P2P networks as well as emerging communities and user-generated content (UGC) sites, MediaSentry is dedicated to helping content owners not only understand but also leverage today’s largest base of online consumers. MediaDefender`s existing peer-to-peer (P2P) services deliver unparalleled copyright enforcement capabilities that significantly reduce the ability of pirates to access copyrighted material.”
And if further proof were needed, “Someone I know was forwarded a MediaSentry notice by their ISP (for allegedly p2p downloading a particular ebook), with the ISP threatening to disconnect if it happened again. So yes, MediaSentry are in action in Australia,” says Anonymous Coward another Reader’s Write.
Could he be referring to Harry Potter?
“I never thought I’d see this, but as part of my job I field DMCA take-down requests,” says Burrowowl in Polite DMCA Complaints, going on:
“My employer is an Internet Service Provider, and from time to time our end-users may take it upon themselves to skirt around the release schedules and pricing schemes of various intellectual property industries. Traditionally the owners of those properties have been quite strident in their tone towards alleged pirates. This morning I noticed that J.K. Rowling’s folks have taken a more fan-friendly approach for an audio-book version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone …”
It goes on »»»
Unauthorized file sharing is illegal. However, we truly appreciate yourinterest in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Audio). We are making every attempt to provide this wonderful content to you in a host of legitimate ways, one of which is through the following website:
http://www.apple.com/itunes
That`s a big change from the You`re a criminal and we`ll see your ass in court approach I`ve been seeing for years. A welcome change that I hope some of the other IP-enforcement types pick up on. Try to win back your customers. Barring that, stop twirling your mustaches and cackling evilly.
The correspondence is signed by, you guessed it, ‘A Kempe MediaSentry Operations’
Definitely stay tuned.
Jon Newton – p2pnet
May, 2009
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May 23rd, 2009 at 11:26 am
Angels And Demons
“Heads up everybody; MediaSentry has gotten in on this torrent and they are tracking it. The quality of the movie was half-decent, but they reported my IP address to my ISP. Keep on using peer gaurdian — see below”
Demonoid
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1923683/?report_comment=8432144&show_files=&page=4&rel=1242963035
Dear XXXX Internet:
We are writing this letter on behalf of Columbia Pictures Industries Inc., (“Columbia Pictures”).
A Kempe
Enforcement Coordinator
MediaSentry.
May 23rd, 2009 at 11:51 am
@ Maizie
This turned up in May as well. I’ll have to see if I can find anything earlier. If not, Australia may indeed be the new jumping off point for MediaSentry.
Maybe they were thinking Australia is so far away their sins would go unnoticed there.
Cheers!
May 23rd, 2009 at 12:47 pm
I’m interested in this “agreement with mediasentry/Sony” that got this kid kicked out of his dwelling.
May 23rd, 2009 at 1:57 pm
SONY = rootkitters = illegal they got slapped all over the world for there actions and doing similar is gonna get real painful obviously the class action lawsuits didn’t send the right message.
perhaps another would give and have more teeth.
May 23rd, 2009 at 4:35 pm
The site didn’t seem to like my comment. Probably because of the URLs, so let’s try this again…
“Angels And Demons
âHeads up everybody; MediaSentry has gotten in on this torrent and they are tracking it. The quality of the movie was half-decent, but they reported my IP address to my ISP. Keep on using peer gaurdian â see belowâ”
Why do people insist on downloading recent movies through the file sharing networks? This is EXACTLY what the anti-piracy companies watch for! Peer Guardian won’t keep you safe because it can only block IP addresses AFTER they’ve been discovered.
You want the latest movies, TV shows, games and more? Go to these sites;
hxxp://www.rlslog.net/
hxxp://www.zerosec.ws/
They’re blogs that report on pirate “scene” releases. 99% of the time, the users will post links to Rapidshare or other sites in the comments. The really popular movies often get deleted fairly quickly, but someone will usually post new links. There are other sites like these that you can find through Google. Just search for things like “scene” and “releases”.
MegaUpload is the best since they have a large limit for free users and no waiting time between downloads. MegaShares lets you download 500MB at a time, but then makes you wait about 2 hours before you can resume the download (download manager required). Rapidshare makes you wait 15 minutes between each download. To automate downloading from Rapidshare, get US Downloader (Universal Share Downloader). You feed it a bunch of links and it takes care of the rest. It’s supposed to work with other such sites, but I didn’t have much luck with sites other than Rapidshare.
You can also find films on Rapidshare/MegaUpload/MegaShares/HotFile/etc by going to google, putting the name of the film in quotes and adding the word rapidshare (or one of the others). Use the Advanced search and set the number of results to 100. You may have to go through several pages to find a working set of links. More work, but you’re not going to receive a copyright infringement notice because of it. I’ve found some films that way that I couldn’t find anywhere else.
Then there’s Usenet (AKA newsgroups) which is a distributed message board system that also hosts files. Nearly everything gets posted there, but depending on your ISP, you probably don’t have free access to it. You can pay for a personal account, or buy download credits. See the tutorial here;
May 23rd, 2009 at 8:04 pm
P2P, Movie downloading, private trackers.. who cares.
What happened here is way above the law.
Lets not forget an entire cop-shop is AUS was nailed for file-sharing, and using tax-payer cop computer systems to file-share, and NOTHING happened (search this site for this story or the AUS newspapers).
This “agreement” between the cartels and an educational institution (which is likely kick-backs) must come to light.
May 24th, 2009 at 1:15 am
Well I can categorically state that Media Sentry are NOT authorised to operate within Australia nor to Intercept communications within Australia no matter what they state in the email. In fact stating they can and making published allegations against a specific user with identifiers attached so that the user is made known to other organisations ie: an Australian ISP, Educational Institution, and Rental Accommodation Manager(s) could result in action on defamatory grounds being taken against them if the publication of the information causes damage (which in this case seems likely that it has).
And thinking they are immune since they are outside Australian jurisdiction would be a folly on their behalf and I kindly draw their attention to “Dow Jones and Company Inc v Gutnick [2002] HCA 56″ (http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2002/56.html)
Being myself a Digital Forensic Examiner within Australia I find it highly concerning that an Overseas Investigative organisation is sending alleged infringement notices to Australian ISP’s who are then sending them onto account holders with no due process, procedural fairness or even evidentiary matter to back up these statements other than at first glance hearsay from an unproven hearsay allegation. Hopefully the ISP who has onforwarded this email to the “Network manager” was a small one who has no clue and not a major one like Telstra (Big Pond) or Optus.
I see that Nic Suzor has allready offered to look into the situation and would strongly suggest that Mr Cavalheiro contact him (nic@efa.org.au) [thanks Nic *s*]. I also strongly suspect that the Australian IT Media will pick up on this Monday and do further investigations.
Chin up Breno and hopefully in the next week all you will have to worry about is your end of semester exams and assignements. Though maybe with an extension or two *g*. Take care
May 24th, 2009 at 10:02 am
“I also strongly suspect that the Australian IT Media will pick up on this Monday and do further investigations.”
Let’s hope they do better than the Merkin Media which, with a few almost token exceptions, continue to completely ignore the MediaSentry farce.
Cheers!
May 24th, 2009 at 11:16 am
if you would like confirmation, see below.
Suavemente/174.136.245.47
Suavemente/174.136.245.45
TELECOMUNICACOES DE SAO PAULO/189.47.25.90
Suavemente/174.136.243.8
these are the IP addys MediaDefender are trying to use to sniff Bittorrent, as RW states, use PeerGuardian to block these asshats.
by the way, the IPs do not resolve to Australia, and if I did what they are doing, it would be considered a violation of the Computer Privacy Act of 1974.
fuckers.
stw
May 24th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
My other message got cut off…
Then thereâs Usenet (AKA newsgroups) which is a distributed message board system that also hosts files. Nearly everything gets posted there, but depending on your ISP, you probably donât have free access to it. You can pay for a personal account, or buy download credits. See the tutorial here;
http://www.slyck.com/ng.php
May 26th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Usenet is a good way of getting recent, popular content that MAFIAA goons such as MediaSentry are
tracking. There are free NZB indexing sites (similar to torrents) and newsreaders, and good premium
providers that charge $11-15/month (Astraweb) for unlimited downloads.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
I got one of those letters in Canada a few Weeks ago. Seems like these letters will slow if not stop the p2p downloading action. I notice the pickings are slim and many of the popular downloaders are no longer with us. Seems they started to disappear around the same time..It’s been fun
June 9th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
file sharing has shown a steady increase of 27-30% per annum for 6 years, and not slowing down any.
p2p downloading is more popular than ever. the quality steadily increases, the availability improves, broadband is getting faster and faster. You can get an entire copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine from newsgroups is about an hour. How convenient is that !
stw
June 17th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
hello
I’m the owner of Netline Belgium and I have received the same email from the same stupid A Kempe Enforcement Coordinator MediaSentry accusing me of Unauthorized Distribution of this bad movie “angels and daemons”. The funny part of this email is that they made a mistake between Netline Moscow Russia and Netline Brussels
Unlicensed investigations in Belgium are punishable as a felony. Are also illegal unauthorized access to a protected computer system for the purpose of obtaining information and knowingly collecting an unlawful consumer debt, and using abus[ive] means to do so,
So I’m ready to attack Mediasentry . I’m looking for European citizens ready to fight with me against this mafia and ready to start a boycott-mediasentry.com web site
June 17th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
MediaDefender is currently disguising itself as Pro Media and Media Force, thinking we can’t find them…
August 27th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Mr Kempe has also sent me today a letter about downloading Dexter! I am here in Australia, does this clown actually have any legal right to access my info? They have contacted my ISP which is TPG and they have forwarded on the email. Due to the privacy act they are not allowed to forward on my information to this idiot are they?
I will find you MR Kempe and cut off your doodle!
September 15th, 2009 at 2:53 am
Recently, an Australian company of which I’m a director received an email from its ISP accusing us of downloading and sharing certain copyrighted files as part of a torrent. The details of the accusation were false; the source, MediaSentry.
We’re now changing ISPs and encrypting our Internet traffic.
My understanding is that MediaSentry is covertly monitoring telecommunications without authorisation from an Australian court. Not only has MediaSentry defamed us to an ISP, I believe they’re risking charges of illegal surveillance.
This is a public issue, and I think it’s time Australians who’ve been accused by MediaSentry launch mass complaints about this vigilante.
September 23rd, 2009 at 12:22 am
Received the same love letter from Mr. A Kempe, Enforcement Coordinator, MediaSentry. Accusing me of downloading stuffs. My ISP (TPG) has forwarded the email to me with a big word of caution âUsing TPG Internet in this way may also contravene our terms and
conditions of use and could result in suspension or termination of your access to our service.â A bunch of clowns.
September 27th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Yeh received the same letter via TPG but for District 9.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:38 am
So after all these comments no one has actually given any advice re: what these warning letters mean? I assume they are just a warning? I got A letter forwarded from TPG regarding the download of a Harry potter ebook( which was incorrect – I never downloaded an ebook) is this letter a definite that legal action will and can take place against me? Or is it just a scare tactic?
October 14th, 2009 at 5:01 am
I received this one today, not very happy – I dont download Movies, just the odd FREE TO AIR TV show.
I actually think they seed torrents to set people up!. I dont think they have a case.. Everyone these days uses torrents, they’d have to Ban the entire population.
————————————————————–
RE: Unauthorized Distribution of the Copyrighted Television Series Entitled
Dexter
Dear TPG Abuse Department:
We are writing this letter on behalf of Showtime Networks Inc. (“SNI”).
We have received information that an individual has utilized the below-referenced IP address at the noted date and time to offer downloads of copyrighted television programs through a “peer-to-peer” service, including such title(s) as:
Dexter
The distribution of unauthorized copies of copyrighted television programs constitutes copyright infringement under the Copyright Act, Title 17 United States Code Section 106(3). This conduct may also violate the laws of other countries, international law, and/or treaty obligations.
Since you own this IP address (xxxxxxxxxxxx), we request that you immediately do the following:
1) Remove or disable access to the individual who has engaged in the conduct described above; and
2) Take appropriate action against the account holder under your Abuse Policy/Terms of Service Agreement.
We also would request that you inform the individual who engaged in this conduct that legitimate copies of SNI content are widely available for viewing online, for example on http://www.sho.com , as well as iTunes, Amazon.com and Movielink.com.
On behalf of SNI, owner of the exclusive rights in the copyrighted material at issue in this notice, we hereby state that we have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by SNI, its respective agents, or the law.
Also, we hereby state, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that we are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive rights being infringed as set forth in this notification.
Please direct any end user queries to the following:
CopyrightQs@mediasentry.com
Please include the Case ID xxxxxxxxx, also noted above, in the subject line of all future correspondence regarding this matter.
We appreciate your assistance and thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Your prompt response is requested.
Respectfully,
A Kempe
Enforcement Coordinator
MediaSentry
———————————————–
October 16th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
hi, i received the same email but for downloading a movie using torrents
ive been using torrents since last year? but this is the first time ive recieved an email.
what does this mean exactly? are they really going to take action? is this a warning? whats TPG going to do? if they do they would have to cover alot of ground/users….since everybody uses torrents? Sigh…what the…i just renewed my contract with tpg….
October 27th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
HI, i have an email from my school, depaul university, saying that i got a dmca violation? it said this:
“The Computer Security Response Team (CSRT) received a DMCA violation report.
Reporting Organization: MediaSentry
Past Infringement(s)
0000
File Name(s)
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince 2009 DVDRip H264 AAC-SecretMyth (Kingdom-Release).torrent”
Does anyone know if I am going to be sued or not? This is my first time being “caught”. I think for the first time it is just a warning, right?
Can anyone shed some light on my situation? thanks
November 4th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
JPK .. I recieved 4 emails also from my ISP regarding the same download. Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince 2009 DVDRip H264 AAC-SecretMyth (Kingdom-Release).torrent . Found on the pirate bay
The letter did state that my ISP would not give out my information to MediaSentry.
Dear Valued Customer,
We have received correspondence on behalf of the owner of copyright material
that states that an infringing copy of their copyright material was made
available for distribution through an IP address that was allocated to you at
the time of the alleged conduct.
We are not stating that you have engaged in an infringement of copyright or
other laws. We respect your privacy and we have not released your personal
details to any third party.
However, we would like to take the opportunity to remind you that making an
unauthorised copy of copyright material available for access by others:
* may be an infringement of Australian copyright laws and may result in civil
or criminal liability;
* may be a breach of part 4 of our Acceptable Use Policy.
Here are the details on the copyright material distributed via your connection:
Copyright Holder : MediaSentry Operations
Offending IP : xxx.x.xx.xx
Infringing Work : Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Document)
First Found : 17 Oct 2009 22:27:44 EDT (GMT -0400)
Last Found : 17 Oct 2009 22:27:44 EDT (GMT -0400)
IP Port : 11366
Protocol : BitTorrent
Torrent InfoHash : 4A9417B303C331F21205F26611B8EAC05038FD2D
Infringing Work : Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Audio)
First Found : 17 Oct 2009 22:27:44 EDT (GMT -0400)
Last Found : 17 Oct 2009 22:27:44 EDT (GMT -0400)
This has not stopped me from enjoying media I would not normally pay for. Every now and then I hear of this happening with block buster films. It seems to be scare tactics, for they are also using illegal avenues to obtain their information.
November 5th, 2009 at 12:52 am
Received MediaSentry (A Kempe) email via TPG (Australian ISP) today for District 9 – same as JAson.
Maybe I’ll stick to older films and TV shows – no new releases..
November 5th, 2009 at 2:18 am
pissed off Aussie Says:
October 14th, 2009 at 5:01 am
I received this one today, not very happy â I dont download Movies, just the odd FREE TO AIR TV show.
Hi – I’ve just received same email from TPG. Just wondering what you decided to do, if anything?
From this and other forums, I feel fairly comfortable with the ISP issue (they won’t do anything, not for first time anyway), but what about Showtime and their legal speak? Their email doesn’t ask for any information, just to disconnect the service.
Cheers.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
I received smiliar email from TPG today, this was my reply thanks to G Thompson
:
Hi
I can categorically state that Media Sentry are NOT authorised to operate within Australia nor to Intercept communications within Australia no matter what they state in the email. In fact stating they can and making published allegations against a specific user with identifiers attached so that the user is made known to other organisations ie: an Australian ISP, Educational Institution, and Rental Accommodation Manager(s) could result in action on defamatory grounds being taken against them if the publication of the information causes damage (which in this case seems likely that it has).
And thinking they are immune since they are outside Australian jurisdiction would be a folly on their behalf and I kindly draw their attention to âDow Jones and Company Inc v Gutnick [2002] HCA 56â³ (http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2002/56.html)
My understanding is that MediaSentry is covertly monitoring telecommunications without authorisation from an Australian court. Not only has MediaSentry defamed us to an ISP, I believe theyâre risking charges of illegal surveillance.
Please let me know your action steps
Should it be not favorable, I may see fit to change to a more suitable ISP
your thoughts guys?
November 6th, 2009 at 3:42 am
Also received one for Dexter S04E04 in 720p? (EZTV) from Mininova.
Bit of a shock when first read, but reading the above has me settled down a little.
Should I bother with Peer Guardian?
November 6th, 2009 at 3:56 am
I rcvd an email today from TPG re media sentry. I don’t think it’s up to them to have TPG suspend my account. Not worried in the slightest.
November 7th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Just got another one from TPG for Dexter, Ep 5.
Should I bother responding?
Why is it only TPG and not other ISP’s.
November 9th, 2009 at 9:41 am
I received it today as well. Reading up on this issue on this site is making me contemplate to switch providers. It seems only TPG is affected?
November 14th, 2009 at 9:26 am
Hey gang
Seems like they are targetting TPG as I had a lovely email from them as well as you can see from the email below.
Should I be answering TPG with a letter similar to what Michael Says: November 5th, 2009 at 6:39 pm (above)? Or should I send it straight to the email that Media Sentry so kindly provided? HAS anyone emailed TPG/other provider with this info? Has anyone received a response? I was looking at a Free to Air show that I watch on TV anyway! Is it that bad?
Dear TPG Customer (****),
TPG Internet has received a complaint from a rights holder regarding the unauthorised distribution of material protected by intellectual property law. A copy of the complaint is attached.
If you do not believe you are infringing copyright, contact the issuers of the infringement notice and let them know you are not infringing
their copyright.
Using TPG Internet in this way may also contravene our terms and conditions of use and could result in suspension or termination of your
access to our service.
If you have any questions about this email or our Terms and Conditions, please contact Customer Service on 13 14 23 or customer_service@tpg.com.au.
Kind Regards,
Internet Abuse Team
TPG Internet
E-mail: abuse@tpg.com.au
Fax: 02 9850 0813 (for all support)
Phone: 13 14 23 Australia wide
Website: http://www.tpg.com.au
–Forwarded Message Attachment–
TPG Internet Pty, Ltd.
65 Waterloo Road
North Ryde, NSW 2113 AU
RE: Unauthorized Distribution of the Copyrighted Television Series Entitled
Navy: NCIS
Dear TPG Abuse Department:
We are writing this letter on behalf of the relevant subsidiaries of CBS Corporation.
We have received information that an individual has utilized the below-referenced IP address at the noted date and time to offer downloads of copyrighted television programs through a “peer-to-peer” service, including such title(s) as:
Navy: NCIS
The distribution of unauthorized copies of copyrighted television programs constitutes copyright infringement under the Copyright Act, Title 17 United States Code Section 106(3). This conduct may also violate the laws of other countries, international law, and/or treaty obligations.
Since you own this IP address (******), we request that you immediately do the following:
1) Remove or disable access to the individual who has engaged in the conduct described above; and
2) Take appropriate action against the account holder under your Abuse Policy/Terms of Service Agreement.
We also would request that you inform the individual who engaged in this conduct that legitimate copies of CBS content are widely available for viewing online, for example on http://www.cbs.com and many other sites that participate in the CBS Audience Network.
On behalf of CBS, owner of the exclusive rights in the copyrighted material at issue in this notice, we hereby state that we have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by CBS, its respective agents, or the law.
Also, we hereby state, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that we are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive rights being infringed as set forth in this notification.
Please direct any end user queries to the following:
CopyrightQs@mediasentry.com
Please include the Case ID ******, also noted above, in the subject line of all future correspondence regarding this matter.
We appreciate your assistance and thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Your prompt response is requested.
Respectfully,
A Kempe
Enforcement Coordinator
MediaSentry
——————————
INFRINGEMENT DETAIL
——————–
Infringing Work: Navy: NCIS
First Found: 12 Nov 2009 00:36:25 EST (GMT -0500)
Last Found: 12 Nov 2009 00:36:25 EST (GMT -0500)
IP Address: ******
IP Port: 28511
Protocol: BitTorrent
Torrent InfoHash: 8DD9CD5F7B79B3768F422249A50F0B6648CFE229
Containing file(s):
NCIS.S07E03.HDTV.XviD-LOL.[VTV].avi.torrent (366,772,224 bytes)
November 18th, 2009 at 1:50 am
Today we received the same letter but with 2 subtle differences. Our letter came directly from MediaSentry and was to our ISP provider and our email address was blindcopied. Firstly how did MediaSentry get our email address. It’s quite concerning the amount of information that they have on us.
November 26th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Yeah i got the ncis one today- also with TPG.
December 3rd, 2009 at 12:39 am
I got one today also from TPG regarding downloads of Dexter. I only download free to air tv shows – whats the difference between downloading via p2p, or setting a tivo to record it? Never the less the email scared me a bit.
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Here is the address to Andy Kempe’s facebook page. It is set to private, but some of you may want to play with this so enjoy! http://www.facebook.com/find-friends/?ref=friends#/arkempe?ref=search&sid=552795831.3540096702..1
And he is located in Cedarville Ohio USA
January 8th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
I received same from Exetel today
January 8th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
question is has anything happened? anyone in court??
January 9th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
I got one today for the movie 2012.. it was crap anyway. I mostly use torrents to get old films that can’t be bought, and TV shows that are not available to my country.
I’ll stop downloading the latest movies too.. I don’t need the trouble.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Nobody has said if there were any consequences. Since it has been a while since some of these posts, can someone tell me what ended up happening?
January 27th, 2010 at 4:02 am
I also got one today from TPG for the movie 2012….
I guess I am one of many….
January 28th, 2010 at 11:23 am
To all the TPG users, change to a different isp, i’ve never been sent one of these emails and i’m not with TPG. I also run a ip blocker program in the background and seems to catch media sentry, i was using peer guardian but changed to another program as peer had trouble updating.
Also on a small note, just how many of you tpg users that received a email used a public site instead of a private site? i see demonoid up the top but demonoid is a semi private/public site.
February 5th, 2010 at 6:36 am
Well ? Says…
I’ve since had my second forwarded email from TPG. Again about NCIS (Ep 14 of the latest US Season).
I go through either Pirate Bay or EZTV depending on if it’s available. I’d like to be safer but truth be told I have no idea how to. How do I change to a different ISP (unless ISP stands for Internet Service Provider, in which case I know how to do that
HOw do I a) get an IP blocker and b) run the damn thing?
Any recommendations?
February 15th, 2010 at 4:17 am
Yup, got this one today also from TPG
trouble is…I already own the DVD…
I’m just too damn lazy to find a way to get it into a format that i can store on my external HD.
I thought that was legal? or am I being Naive?
February 19th, 2010 at 7:10 am
Yeah isp stands for internet service provider
as for an ip blocker just google it and do some research on some of the different ones out there. Once you’ve found one just download and install, install is easy as and once you’ve installed do a update and give it a try. Make sure to keep an eye on the block list within the program to see what it’s blocking. I’m prettu sure utorrent has a ip blocker built into it as well, so you could give that a try.
April 12th, 2010 at 12:39 am
Hey… I received the same letter from TPG for Dexter… but this is the super weird thing… it was not for my account but for an account that i pay for, for my 60-year-old-parents who 1. absolutely hate Dexter and 2. wouldn’t even know what downloading is! On top of that they live in the bloody country with their nearest neighbours (a couple of 70+year-olds) living over 500m away(hence no one is tapping into their wireless network unless the beef cattle that roam on next paddock have suddenly found themselves a computer). I don’t understand how these buggers got my parents IP address and then why they would be accused of something that i know has definitely not taken place. Any comments would be appreciated!
November 9th, 2010 at 5:26 am
i got the same mail. should i be worried? i mean can they do anything else other than canceling my subscription? i got really scared and deleted everything from my computer. but the thing is , the movie i downloaded was so bad, i dont even know whether it was all worth it or not.
December 2nd, 2010 at 11:12 am
Yep got one from MediaSentry…also with TPG. Use usenet. tpg or anyone wont sniff what u doing. Probably TPG will dobbed us in. FUNK TPG. Going to reconsider changing isp.
April 4th, 2011 at 9:40 pm
k i got this email and e-mailed them back because i guess i didnt see that it was a forward so i ended up e-mailing mediasentry probably a mistake anyone know what i should do