A Typical RIAA Copyright Complaint
(Details have been altered to obscure identity)
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VIA EMAIL
October 17, 2003
Dean of Library and Information
Technology
University of Vermont
Bailey/Howe Library
Burlington, VT 05405
Re: Copyright infringement at IP
address: 132.198.xxx.xxx on 15 Oct 2003 19:35:50 EDT (GMT -0400)
Dear Sir or Madam:
I am contacting you on behalf of
the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA) and its
member
record companies. The RIAA is a
trade association whose member companies create, manufacture, and
distribute approximately ninety
(90) percent of all legitimate sound recordings sold in the United
States. Under
penalty of perjury, we submit
that the RIAA is authorized to act on behalf of its member companies in
matters
involving the infringement of
their sound recordings, including enforcing their copyrights and common
law rights
on the Internet.
We believe a user on your
network, using the above referenced IP address, is offering 512 files
for download
through a peer to peer
application. Many of these files contain copyrighted sound recordings
that are owned by
our member companies. For your
reference we have included a representative list of some of the
infringing
sound recordings being offered at
the above IP address.
We have a good faith belief that
the above-described activity is not authorized by copyright owners,
their agent,
or the law. We are asking for
your immediate assistance in stopping this unauthorized activity.
Specifically, we
request that you remove or
disable access to the infringing sound files via your system.
We believe it is in everyone's
interest for music consumers to be better educated about the subject of
copyright
law and music. In addition to
taking steps to notify this network user about the illegal nature of
this activity, we
encourage you to refer him/her to
the MUSIC Coalition's website at www.musicunited.org. The site contains
valuable information about what's
legal and what's not when it comes to copying music.
You should understand that this
letter constitutes notice to you that this network user may be liable
for the
infringing activity occurring on
your network. In addition, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act,
if you ignore
this notice, your institution may
also be liable for any resulting infringement. This letter does not
constitute a
waiver of any right to recover
damages incurred by virtue of any such unauthorized activities, and
such rights as
well as claims for other relief
are expressly retained. Moreover, this letter does not constitute a
waiver of our
members' right to sue the user at
issue for copyright infringement.
Thank you in advance for your
prompt assistance in this matter. If you have any questions, please
feel free to
contact me via e-mail at
antipiracy2@riaa.com, via telephone at (202) 775-0101, or via mail at
RIAA, 1330
Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite
300, Washington, D.C., 20036. Please reference Case ID xxxxxx in
any
response or communication
regarding this infringement.
Sincerely,
Online Copyright Protection
Department
RIAA
Site Details:
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Date Found: 15 Oct 2003 19:35:50
EDT (GMT -0400)
Network: KaZaA
IP Address: 132.198.xxx.xxx
Port: 2741
Protocol: FastTrackUS
UserName: xxxxxxx@KaZaA
Title: Air Force Ones
File Name:
Nelly_-_Nellyville_-_Air Force Ones.mp3
File Size: 3127225
Artist: Nelly
Length: 3 minutes 15 seconds
Album: Nellyville
Language:
Keyword:
Resolution:
Genre:
Quality: 128
Description:
Title: Blackened
File Name: Metallica -
Blackened.mp3
File Size: 6376931
Artist: Metallica
Length: 6 minutes 41 seconds
Album: ...And Justice For All
Language: en
Keyword: metallica
Resolution:
Genre: Metal
Quality: 128
Description: Made with
RealJukebox (tm)
Title: Disposable Heroes
File Name: metallica - disposable
heroes.mp3
File Size: 7948456
Artist: Metallica
Length: 8 minutes 17 seconds
Album: Master Of Puppets
Language: en
Keyword: metallica master puppets
Resolution:
Genre: Metal
Quality: 128
Description: ©1998 Nugget
Man®
Title: Dangerous Game
File Name: 3 Doors Down - 08 -
Dangerous Game - simplemp3s.mp3
File Size: 5186792
Artist: 3 Doors Down
Length: 3 minutes 42 seconds
Album: Away From The Sun
Language: en
Keyword: REAL
Resolution:
Genre: Rock
Quality: 188
Description: www.simplemp3s.com
Title: Rock Your Body
File Name: Justin Timberlake -
Rock Your Body.mp3
File Size: 3234858
Artist: Justin Timberlake
Length: 4 minutes 30 seconds
Album: Justified
Language: en
Keyword: I love rock n roll
Resolution:
Genre: R&B
Quality: 96
Description: Ripped by tHa of
[NBD]
Title: Boom
File Name: P.O.D. - Satellite -
03 - Boom.mp3
File Size: 3020800
Artist: POD
Length: 3 minutes 9 seconds
Album: Satellite
Language: en
Keyword: Boom
Resolution:
Genre: Rock
Quality: 128
Description:
Wanted121@Hotmail.com
Title: EI
File Name: Nelly - EI.mp3
File Size: 4567168
Artist: Nelly
Length: 4 minutes 46 seconds
Album: country grammar
Language: en
Keyword: Must be the Money
Resolution:
Genre: Rap
Quality: 128
Description: OSU HoOwA Mp3z
Title: So Fresh, So Clean
File Name: Outcast-So Fresh, So
Clean.mp3
File Size: 3361010
Artist: Outkast
Length: 4 minutes 0 seconds
Album: Stankonia
Language: en
Keyword: 1410
Resolution:
Genre: Rock
Quality: 112
Description: ~~sababa~~
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