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06-08-2011, 04:25 AM #1Junior Guru
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I just received a copyright infringement notice.
Hi,
Sorry if this is not the right place. I just received a copyright infringement notice which looks like spam. I'm wondering about this because i don't have anything hosted like that on my site. This is the note i got.:
Dear Sir,
Attached is a list of the copyrighted material you are infriging on.
As well as hosted on our website at the following address: http://creativno.net/copyright.php , under Copyrighted Materials.
We are the proprietors of all copyrighted material that is being fringed upon on your companies webste.
We have reserved all rights regarding these trademarked files.
Permission was neither asked nor granted to reproduce our copyrighted material, therefore what your company is doing constitutes infringement of our rights. In terms of the Copyright Statutes, we are entitled to an injunction against your continued infringement, as well as to recover damages from you for the loss we have suffered as a result of your infringing conduct.
In the circumstances, we demand that you immediately:
1. remove all infringing content and notify us in writing that you have done so;
2. pay a licensing fee in the amount of 160,000 USD;
3. immediately cease the use and distribution of copyrighted material;
We await to hear from you by.
This is written without prejudice to our rights, all of which are hereby expressly reserved.
Yours faithfully,
Senior Legal Advisor,
Andrew Lloyd
http://creativno.net/from Andrew Lloyd andrew.lloyd@creativno.net
sender-time Sent at 7:05 AM (GMT+04:00). Current time there: 12:21 PM. ✆
to xxxxxxxx@gmail.com
date Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:05 AM
subject Cease copyright infrigement!
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Thanks.
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06-08-2011, 04:35 AM #2WHT Addict
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I have also got the same email, worded exactly the same. I got a bit worried when I read it.
Probably just spam because I don't think I have any copyrighted material from then.. lol
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06-08-2011, 04:38 AM #3Newbie
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Just googled 'andrew.lloyd@creativno.net' because I got the exact same email and this was the first result. I presume it must be spam because I can't think of anything I have done and after a quick look I don't recognize anything in the email! Bit scary though.
EDIT:
Also got this one this morning haha:
For the Last time, we are pleased to notify you of the Microsoft Windows Mega Jackpot (E-MAIL) Sweepstakes result. Please; confirm if you received our previous message with;
E-ticket number: 78005043266 066,
Category: 2nd,
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Match: 3 plus bonus
Amount: £5,500,000.00 (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds)
You may reply this mail with this information's: Name:, Address:, Phone:, Cell Phone:, Email:, Alternative Email:, Occupation:, and Position for reconfirmation. It is 14 days to claims deadline. This promotion is all about promoting the us of (E-MAIL) we are not promoting the use of phones, so take note.
Mr. Allen Douglas
Microsoft Management Board, Copyright © 1991-2011
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06-08-2011, 04:38 AM #4Junior Guru
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Thanks for the response,
I went through their site to see what are they doing. And they only seem to do some images or the like. So wondering what i was using from them...
As the grammar is poor and even failing to mention what's being infringed shows that this is more or less a spam.
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06-08-2011, 04:40 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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Looks like spam - the link in the email leads to a "nothing found" 404 style page and the email doesn't mention any domain names or URLs. (Unless it was in an attachment - was there one? If so, what was it - a zip, exe, or something?)
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06-08-2011, 04:41 AM #6Newbie
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No attachments here nope. Its just a terrible free template site with Russian(?) links. Dodgy as anything!
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06-08-2011, 04:41 AM #7Junior Guru
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06-08-2011, 04:45 AM #8WHT Addict
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06-08-2011, 04:48 AM #9Junior Guru Wannabe
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Just got the same exact email with no attachment.
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06-08-2011, 04:49 AM #10Web Hosting Master
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06-08-2011, 04:53 AM #11WHT Addict
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06-08-2011, 04:54 AM #12Junior Guru
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06-08-2011, 05:04 AM #13WHT Addict
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This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
andrew.lloyd@creativno.net
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<andrew.lloyd@creativno.net>:
host creativno.net [91.219.194.3]: 550 No Such User Here
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06-08-2011, 05:24 AM #14Web Hosting Master
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Looks spam to me. The website does not even seem to be a proper business or a law firm.
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06-08-2011, 06:03 AM #15WHT Addict
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06-08-2011, 06:12 AM #16WHT Addict
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06-08-2011, 08:15 AM #17Web Hosting Guru
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Got the same exact garbage. Loved the copyright notice on the bottom of the page they linked to - the one with published date 40 years in the future.
Let's see:
Invalid copyright on their page.
No attached list of infringment (oops I meant list of "fringed" work) just a link to a page (titled "Nothing found for Copyright Php") with instructions "under Copyrighted Materials" yet that phrase down not even appear on the page.
Whois contact information for the domain is bunk.
Unreasonable demand for damages.
"Senior legal advisor" with no firm attached.
Grammar "issues".
Sent to an old personal email.
Let me run right to the bank and get that $160k for them... Oh wait, there's not even a place to send it. Think this one is pretty safe to put in the spam bin. Actually if you use gmail (thought I saw that on someone's post) click the pull down in the upper right and "Report Phishing" since they're asking for money.Lagniappe Internet L.L.C. - Wholesale Reseller and VPS Hosting.
Lagniappe (lan-yap) - An extra or unexpected gift or benefit.
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06-08-2011, 08:22 AM #18Web Hosting Guru
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06-08-2011, 08:25 AM #19Junior Guru
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Most attorneys pass spelling class before taking the bar exam. Just saying
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06-08-2011, 11:39 AM #20Junior Guru Wannabe
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I received this one as well, and did briefly crap myself.
It's spam. If it's not, they'll get your postal address from your WHOIS data and write an actual letter.
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06-08-2011, 11:59 AM #21Newbie
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That is normal every day advertisement in Russia you have to learn to ignore it.
There is nothig to be worried about my friend 100%
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06-08-2011, 12:02 PM #22Web Hosting Master
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Got one too and jumped out of bed this morning, but the site itself was taken down an hour later. And it seems like he scraped all the emails from wht
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06-08-2011, 12:53 PM #23Webhosting Professional
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Its definitely spam, we got this as well (to an unlisted but "guessable" email address on our domain):
Dear Sir,
Attached is a list of the copyrighted material you are infriging on.
As well as hosted on our website at the following address: [removed url] , under Copyrighted Materials.
We are the proprietors of all copyrighted material that is being fringed upon on your companies webste.
We have reserved all rights regarding these trademarked files.
Permission was neither asked nor granted to reproduce our copyrighted material, therefore what your company is doing constitutes infringement of our rights. In terms of the Copyright Statutes, we are entitled to an injunction against your continued infringement, as well as to recover damages from you for the loss we have suffered as a result of your infringing conduct.
In the circumstances, we demand that you immediately:
1. remove all infringing content and notify us in writing that you have done so;
2. pay a licensing fee in the amount of 160,000 USD;
3. immediately cease the use and distribution of copyrighted material;
We await to hear from you by.
This is written without prejudice to our rights, all of which are hereby expressly reserved.
Yours faithfully,
Senior Legal Advisor,
Andrew Lloyd
[removed url]
Message headers:
Return-Path: <kinobook@piter3.dns-rus.net>
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X-Php-Script: creativno.net/wp-content/plugins/sendme.php for 82.195.232.218, 82.195.232.218
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06-08-2011, 05:48 PM #24Web Hosting Evangelist
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id have crapped myself i had recieved that.
BUT on the same subject, what does happen if there is material on the site that is apparently copywrited by another site?
FOR example, if my site id made by company A, and uses images, layouts or templates that are copywrited, IMO im not liable, legally that might be a different story,
Has anyone ever receive a legitimate copywright infringment notice and if so, whats the procedure? I mean seriously, the guy that sent that scam message quite possibly made alot of money exploiting peoples fears, knowing how real infringments are handeled would help reduce people being scammed.
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06-08-2011, 07:20 PM #25Web Hosting Master
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I got it too, nothing attached, and don't say how to pay him, a waste of time and bandwicht...
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