(Afrihost) I received a "Notice of Unauthorized Use of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Property"

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Having being happy with Afrihost concerning my 10GB account I got this email this morning:

Hi ******,
Hope you are well.:]
Kindly note that we have received the following abuse message for this account.
Please can you look at it and advise us accordingly.
Thank you and take care.

Service Identifier: **********************
Company Name: AFRIHOST
Assigned to:
Suspected Activity: Illegal software
Client IP Address: *******************
Client IP Netblock:
Stalled Status: Client notified


The following update has been done for your complaint as outlined below:

Subject: Notice ID: 214-4491171 Notice of Unauthorized Use of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Property
Sent to: [email protected]

Update:
Hi,

We have received a complaint as outlined below, from an IP allocated to
your company. Please investigate this issue and deal with your
client/user/employee as necessary. Please inform us of the actions taken
and the outcome of your investigations.

--
Kind Regards,
IS Abuse

ORIGINAL COMPLAINT
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Notice ID: 214-4491171
Notice Date: 23 Nov 2009 18:26:17 GMT

Internet Solutions - South Africa

Dear Sir or Madam:

BayTSP, Inc. ("BayTSP") swears under penalty of perjury that Metro
Goldwyn Mayer (collectively, "MGM") has authorized BayTSP to act as
its non-exclusive agent for copyright infringement notification.
BayTSP's search of the protocol listed below has detected
infringements of MGM's copyright interests on your IP addresses as
detailed in the attached report.

BayTSP has a reasonable good faith belief that use of the material in
the manner complained of in the attached report is not authorized by
MGM, its agents, or the law. The information provided herein is
accurate to the best of our knowledge. Therefore, this letter is an
official notification to effect removal of the detected infringement
listed in the attached report. The Berne Convention for the
Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, the Universal Copyright
Convention, as well as bilateral treaties with other countries allow
for protection of client's copyrighted work even beyond U.S. borders.
The attached documentation specifies the exact location of the
infringement.

We hereby request that you immediately remove or block access to the
infringing material, as specified in the copyright laws, and insure
that the user refrains from using or sharing with others, unauthorized
MGM materials in the future.

Further, we believe that the entire Internet community benefits when
these matters are resolved cooperatively. We urge you to take
immediate action to stop this infringing activity and inform us of the
results of your actions. We appreciate your efforts toward this
common goal.

Please respond indicating the actions that you have taken to resolve
this matter. The provided link has been assigned to this matter:
http://webreply.baytsp.com/webreply...214&commhash=44716a52c738f7984bbddcbcefb13d45

For email correspondence, please reference the above Notice ID in the
subject line: mailto:mgm2@copyright-
compliance.com?subject=RE%3A%20%20Notice%20ID%3A%20214%2D4491171%20Notice%20of%20Unauthorized%20Use%20of%20Metro%20Goldwyn%20Mayer%20Property

Nothing in this letter shall serve as a waiver of any rights or
remedies of MGM with respect to the alleged infringement, all of which
are expressly reserved. Should you need to contact me, I may be
reached at the following address:

Regards,

Mark Ishikawa
Chief Executive Officer
BayTSP, Inc.
PO Box 1314
Los Gatos, CA 95031
v: 408-341-2305
f: 408-341-2399
[email protected]

*pgp public key is available on the key server at http://pgp.mit.edu

Note: The information transmitted in this Notice is intended only for
the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain
confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, reproduction,
retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action
in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than
the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error,
please contact the sender and delete the material from all computers.

This infringement notice contains an XML tag that can be used to
automate the processing of this data. If you would like more
information on how to use this tag please contact BayTSP.

Evidentiary Information:
Notice ID: 214-4491171
Initial Infringement Timestamp: 21 Nov 2009 06:41:38 GMT
Recent Infringement Timestamp: 21 Nov 2009 06:41:38 GMT
Infringers IP Address: *************************
Protocol: BitTorrent
Infringed Work: Stargate Universe
Infringing File Name: Stargate.Universe.S01E08.720p.HDTV.x264-SiTV.mkv
Infringing File Size: 1172338321
Bay ID: 2238d556f52b53a1c68e4aaf9763256733ba0f9b|1172338321
Port ID: 61237
Infringer's DNS Name: 196-210-157-176-snnd-esr-1.dynamic.isadsl.co.za
URL (If Applicable): http://tracker.bittorrent.am:80/announce
Infringer's User Name:

- ---Start ACNS XML




4491171
Open


BayTSP, Inc.
Mark M. Ishikawa, CEO, BayTSP, Inc.
P.O. Box 1314, Los Gatos, California 95031
(408) 341-2300,(408) 341-2399
[email protected]


Internet Solutions - South Africa

[email protected]


2009-11-21T06:41:38.000Z
196.210.157.176
61237
196-210-157-176-snnd-esr-
1.dynamic.isadsl.co.za
BitTorrent

1
No



Stargate Universe
Stargate.Universe.S01E08.720p.HDTV.x264-
SiTV.mkv
1172338321
http://tracker.bittorrent.am:80/announce



- ---End ACNS XML
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Version: 8.0

iEYEARECAAYFAksK2V4ACgkQrfUdUdvxU+QL+QCgp0rmxbS5zdWDSbGsaGCbxwN1
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=aEnD
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


------------------------------------------------


-------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMPLAINT END


Have a great day & please feel free to let me know if I can be of further assistance.

Warm regards.

Darryl
 
Dude that sucks. Just delete the file I suppose.
 
Go buy the DVD and then e-mail them back that your DVD doesn't play properly anymore, and that you needed to download the episodes to watch them as the DVD has malfunctioned.


you have been caught, and since you like stargate just pay for it. (whether you bought it before or afterwards, who cares and who would know?)
 
seems like a great ploy
hand out a bunch of 10gb accounts, what do you think there going to be used for, if this country wasnt so bandwidth starved people wouldnt react this way to the slightest speed increase or availability of bandwidth.
 
take a photograph of your extended middle finger and e-mail it back to MGM, then file the e-mail in the trash. :D

Next time make sure you are using PeerGuardian2 to mask your torrent downloads. :)
 
Hey Guys

Internet Solutions has been hounded by certain networks in the states about this kind of download. We then get hammered by Internet Solutions for this.

We actually have no idea what you downloading, we do not keep those logs. However these Networks start following where the torrent series, movies are going and then email Internet Solutions who email us.

We are pretty stuck. Not like we can tell IS or the networks to get lost. These are legal matters.

This is pretty upsetting for me as I am stuck in the same boat. *oops did I really type that :P*
 
Having being happy with Afrihost concerning my 10GB account I got this email this morning:

Hi ******,
Hope you are well.:]
Kindly note that we have received the following abuse message for this account.
Please can you look at it and advise us accordingly.
Thank you and take care.

Service Identifier: **********************
Company Name: AFRIHOST
Assigned to:
Suspected Activity: Illegal software
Client IP Address: *******************
Client IP Netblock:
Stalled Status: Client notified


The following update has been done for your complaint as outlined below:

Subject: Notice ID: 214-4491171 Notice of Unauthorized Use of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Property
Sent to: [email protected]

Update:
Hi,

We have received a complaint as outlined below, from an IP allocated to
your company. Please investigate this issue and deal with your
client/user/employee as necessary. Please inform us of the actions taken
and the outcome of your investigations.

--
Kind Regards,
IS Abuse

ORIGINAL COMPLAINT
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Notice ID: 214-4491171
Notice Date: 23 Nov 2009 18:26:17 GMT

Internet Solutions - South Africa

Dear Sir or Madam:

BayTSP, Inc. ("BayTSP") swears under penalty of perjury that Metro
Goldwyn Mayer (collectively, "MGM") has authorized BayTSP to act as
its non-exclusive agent for copyright infringement notification.
BayTSP's search of the protocol listed below has detected
infringements of MGM's copyright interests on your IP addresses as
detailed in the attached report.

BayTSP has a reasonable good faith belief that use of the material in
the manner complained of in the attached report is not authorized by
MGM, its agents, or the law. The information provided herein is
accurate to the best of our knowledge. Therefore, this letter is an
official notification to effect removal of the detected infringement
listed in the attached report. The Berne Convention for the
Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, the Universal Copyright
Convention, as well as bilateral treaties with other countries allow
for protection of client's copyrighted work even beyond U.S. borders.
The attached documentation specifies the exact location of the
infringement.

We hereby request that you immediately remove or block access to the
infringing material, as specified in the copyright laws, and insure
that the user refrains from using or sharing with others, unauthorized
MGM materials in the future.

Further, we believe that the entire Internet community benefits when
these matters are resolved cooperatively. We urge you to take
immediate action to stop this infringing activity and inform us of the
results of your actions. We appreciate your efforts toward this
common goal.

Please respond indicating the actions that you have taken to resolve
this matter. The provided link has been assigned to this matter:
http://webreply.baytsp.com/webreply...214&commhash=44716a52c738f7984bbddcbcefb13d45

For email correspondence, please reference the above Notice ID in the
subject line: mailto:mgm2@copyright-
compliance.com?subject=RE%3A%20%20Notice%20ID%3A%20214%2D4491171%20Notice%20of%20Unauthorized%20Use%20of%20Metro%20Goldwyn%20Mayer%20Property

Nothing in this letter shall serve as a waiver of any rights or
remedies of MGM with respect to the alleged infringement, all of which
are expressly reserved. Should you need to contact me, I may be
reached at the following address:

Regards,

Mark Ishikawa
Chief Executive Officer
BayTSP, Inc.
PO Box 1314
Los Gatos, CA 95031
v: 408-341-2305
f: 408-341-2399
[email protected]

*pgp public key is available on the key server at http://pgp.mit.edu

Note: The information transmitted in this Notice is intended only for
the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain
confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, reproduction,
retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action
in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than
the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error,
please contact the sender and delete the material from all computers.

This infringement notice contains an XML tag that can be used to
automate the processing of this data. If you would like more
information on how to use this tag please contact BayTSP.

Evidentiary Information:
Notice ID: 214-4491171
Initial Infringement Timestamp: 21 Nov 2009 06:41:38 GMT
Recent Infringement Timestamp: 21 Nov 2009 06:41:38 GMT
Infringers IP Address: *************************
Protocol: BitTorrent
Infringed Work: Stargate Universe
Infringing File Name: Stargate.Universe.S01E08.720p.HDTV.x264-SiTV.mkv
Infringing File Size: 1172338321
Bay ID: 2238d556f52b53a1c68e4aaf9763256733ba0f9b|1172338321
Port ID: 61237
Infringer's DNS Name: 196-210-157-176-snnd-esr-1.dynamic.isadsl.co.za
URL (If Applicable): http://tracker.bittorrent.am:80/announce
Infringer's User Name:

- ---Start ACNS XML




4491171
Open


BayTSP, Inc.
Mark M. Ishikawa, CEO, BayTSP, Inc.
P.O. Box 1314, Los Gatos, California 95031
(408) 341-2300,(408) 341-2399
[email protected]


Internet Solutions - South Africa

[email protected]


2009-11-21T06:41:38.000Z
196.210.157.176
61237
196-210-157-176-snnd-esr-
1.dynamic.isadsl.co.za
BitTorrent

1
No



Stargate Universe
Stargate.Universe.S01E08.720p.HDTV.x264-
SiTV.mkv
1172338321
http://tracker.bittorrent.am:80/announce



- ---End ACNS XML
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: 8.0

iEYEARECAAYFAksK2V4ACgkQrfUdUdvxU+QL+QCgp0rmxbS5zdWDSbGsaGCbxwN1
rxgAnjtySwVRpBvFV8L1DzLDWZ2nVF74
=aEnD
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


------------------------------------------------


-------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMPLAINT END


Have a great day & please feel free to let me know if I can be of further assistance.

Warm regards.

Darryl

don't pirate then ;)
 
I thought monitoring activity was illegal in SA?

It depends how they got the info. If they got his IP address simply by connecting to his Torrent Client as part of the Swarm then I can't see any illicit activity there. But if they actually did any packet sniffing, or network hacking, then yes... it is illegal and the evidence is inadmissible.

Either way, you have to ask yourself... are they really going to pay a lawyer tens of thousands of rands to prosecute one person for a loss of R300 or so? Probably not. Unless they wanted to make an example out of him... a tactic which has failed miserably everywhere else in the world. :D
 
I thought monitoring activity was illegal in SA?


as you can see it is MGM or its agent that picked up the infringement. if you show your IP address when using torrents this will happen.
 
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