Comments on: MediaSentry operates in Australia: confirmed

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:40:47 +0000

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

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:12:48 +0000

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.

By: ally.81

ally.81 — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:26:58 +0000

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.

By: Sara

Sara — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:39:43 +0000

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!

By: ?

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:10:54 +0000

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.

By: Age

Age — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:17:43 +0000

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?

By: Pen Noir

Pen Noir — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:36:52 +0000

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?

By: ?

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:23:41 +0000

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.

By: Dahl

Dahl — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:02:01 +0000

I also got one today from TPG for the movie 2012….
I guess I am one of many….

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:47:30 +0000

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?

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:24:41 +0000

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.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:14:24 +0000

question is has anything happened? anyone in court??

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:13:51 +0000

I received same from Exetel today

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:04:37 +0000

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

By: Dexterdownloader

Dexterdownloader — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:39:03 +0000

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.

By: Ezy_rida

Ezy_rida — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:53:06 +0000

Yeah i got the ncis one today- also with TPG.

By: Not with TPG

Not with TPG — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:50:42 +0000

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.

By: Pen Noir

Pen Noir — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:26:32 +0000

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)

By: Got the mail too :(

Got the mail too :( — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:41:43 +0000

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?

By: Archie Man

Archie Man — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:38:05 +0000

Just got another one from TPG for Dexter, Ep 5.
Should I bother responding?

Why is it only TPG and not other ISP’s.