MPAA Goes After Its Customers

Posted by michael on Saturday July 13, 2002 @01:43AM from the please-stop-advertising-for-us-kthx dept.

EyesWideOpen writes "The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is issuing 'takedown' notices to ISP's to alert them that customers are using their internet service to transmit or post copyrighted movies. The ISP's in turn send a letter to the customers threatening to disable their internet connection unless the offending material is removed. The MPAA is using software that 'cruises file-swapping networks like Gnutella to find copyrighted materials, hunts down the IP address of the poster, then discovers which Internet service provider is being used.'"

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Re:False Positives by Klerck · 2002-07-13 01:59 · Score: -1, Redundant

However, in the 7-11 example, a tangible item is taken. That can't happen with file-sharing networks. Also, the clerk does involve himself. After all, he has to report the crime to the police and serve as a witness at the trial.

Would you prefer that the MPAA forward their information to the police? A person can get a new ISP, but it's hard to get a whole new life.