Copyright trolling
Copyright trolling is the use of alleged
copyright violations in order to extract money from people. This phenomenon is
known in many countries, and can take various forms. It is sending mass letters
to supposed perpetrators. In copyright trolling are engaged professional law
firms.
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The worst in describing trolling is that
professional lawyers do not understand or do not want to understand the
difference between "prosecution of pirates" and "commercial
intimidation of people under the guise of prosecuting pirates." Some
publishers and authors also do not want to see these differences.
What do they need to start an investigation and
engage the police?
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the name of the
stolen fine, for example, the name of the movie
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public ip address
The problem lies in the fact that on the
internet it is extremely hard to prove something to someone. The IP address is
not enough. Technology simply is ambiguous in this case. It is controversial to
penalize for downloading if the technology itself imposes on us to share it with others. What's more, most of the "pirates" are
unaware of how it works at all.
How they look in this case is presented in the graphic below.
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What to do when we get a request for payment?
Nothing - usually ends up only with threats.
Lawyers, when they receive money from a group of the most frightened and most
ignorant people, leave the others.
Questions:
Have you got such a letter?
Do you know any ways to defend against this
business phenomenon?
Are you aware of your actions on the Internet?
Comments
As far as I know everybody knows that lawyers just do what they are paid for and it has nothing to do with good or evil, they just use the law.
" Lawyers-trolls can use additional forms of pressure, for example may threaten notifying neighbors that someone pulled the pornographic movie."
This is just: art. 115 § 12 k.k.
Have you got such a letter?
No, I have not, but I've seen some in the web, important thing is to never use torrents to download Polish movies.
Do you know any ways to defend against this business phenomenon?
Like you said, just ignore it, escpecially when they are threatning you unlawfully.
How much are you aware of netizen?
I don't get the question. Very much?
I'm trying to be careful what I put in the Internet. In fact, there is a nice 'search with a photo' tool in Google where you can see whether someone is using your photos without your consent:
https://images.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl
I think you can defend yourself by trying to stay anonymous in Internet. There are many ways, like using VPN or private torrent servers. Unfortunately, most of solutions require a monthly payment (not very expensive, about 3-6 $/month).
I try to be aware of my actions in the Internet. I am careful with things I download or send to others.
" Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn"
By the way it's good to know that ip is not enough to prove someones guilt.
My friend was trying to sell her wedding dress on Allegro. A woman from abroad bought it and contacted my friend telling her that it was for her daughter who was getting married in Nigeria and it had to be delivered really quickly. She has sent my friend a bank transaction confirmation that wrote that she would get the transfer after she had sent the shipping confirmation. My friend had the dress packed up but something bothered her about this whole situation, so she did a small research. It turned out that it is not uncommon that some people buy things online, send fake payment confirmations and demand a very quick shipping to a Nigerian address. I have also found an interesting article on how one guy was dealing with this crime: http://www.komputerswiat.pl/artykuly/interwencje/2013/02/nie-da-sie-oszukac-na-allegro-nigeryjski-przekret-wciaz-dziala.aspx I encourage you to read it as it occured to me that this type of theft is getting really popular. Don't get tricked into it!