Posted on 03/03/2014 5:24:28 PM PST by The Louiswu
I received a notice of Copyright Infringement at my office today. It says someone downloaded a file called Let It Snow on 2/22/14 at 7:49GMT and the ip address listed is 173.23.1.91. I am really concerned and don't know what my first step should be in combating this problem. Does anyone have any advice about this, I would greatly appreciate any help with this matter.
If it was a letter, then get an attorney's advice. He'll contact the firm listed in the letterhead.
Who was working and had computer access at 7:49 GMT on 2/22/14?
IIRC, the company that notified you is most likely getting your information from a torjan horse contained within the file that they claimed you downloaded. Every time you run it, it sends a notice to the copyright owner. It is not uncommon for some of these companies to put their own copyrighted work on the PTP networks, with the trojan horse installed, so they can send anyone that downloads it a demand for payment, in some cases up to $2500, with a threat to take you to court if you don’t pay up. Get rid of the file, you will stop getting notices.
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