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thread-even depth-1 comment clearfix li-comment highlander-comment\" id=\"comment-1530785\" data-comment-id=\"1530785\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"div-comment\" id=\"div-comment-1530785\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-meta clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"avatar-placeholder\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/584fbdd7a963888b3d245487c5ae95a3?d=retro&amp;s=55&amp;r=pg\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"comment-author\">TimeKeeper<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2015\/03\/06\/us-firm-runs-mass-copyright-shakedown-in-canada\/#comment-1530785\" class=\"comment-permalink\">Friday, March 6, 2015<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It would be cool if someone went after CEG TEK solicitations under CASL (Canada&#8217;s anti-spam legislation). The email is a solicitation to do business, veiled in the form of a legal request, where the receiver of the email did not give them explicit permission to contact them directly. <\/p>\n<p>From their email:  &#8221; this is NOT a bill or invoice.  It is a notice made on behalf of Rights Owner of (i) a potential claim against you and\/or those who you have allowed access to your Internet account for infringement of the Rights Owner&#8217;s copyright in the Work, and (ii) an opportunity to completely resolve that claim now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sounds both spammy and scammy.  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class=\"comment-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Timekeeper CegTek is a wholly owned subsidiary of Prenda Law as far as I can ascertain!  They deny this but are still facing disclosure in over 8 cases where they are fighting tooth and nail to delay or dismiss with prejudice to avoid having to disclose their corporate structure.  They use a discredited German tech company who again are suspected of being owned by them.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully one or more of the cases in dispute will end in them having to disclose the truth but I&#8217;m not holding my breath.  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comment-author-steeleword odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 comment clearfix li-comment highlander-comment\" id=\"comment-1530749\" data-comment-id=\"1530749\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"div-comment\" id=\"div-comment-1530749\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-meta clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"avatar-placeholder\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6399cf0af8ff0499e0c6c8fa6596735b?d=retro&amp;s=55&amp;r=pg\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"comment-author\">steeleword<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2015\/03\/06\/us-firm-runs-mass-copyright-shakedown-in-canada\/#comment-1530749\" class=\"comment-permalink\">Friday, March 6, 2015<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The real &#8220;shakedown&#8221; is what has happened to artists and content creators in Canada as internet companies have made billions distributing content and pushing ads on content while choking off revenues to content creators.  The real story here is that Canadians have lost a national treasure and trampled the rights of their creative class.  The recorded music business was $900m  a year in Canada before &#8220;filesharing&#8221; it shrank to $300m a year by 2010.  Meanwhile &#8220;filesharing&#8221; grew to 107 Petabytes a month in Canada in 2014 according to Cisco.  That is 2 Billion CDs worth of content a year consumed and distributed by Canadians without compensation to the creators in violation of their rights.  In my opinion, it is a national tragedy.  &#8220;Filesharing&#8221; is forecast to grow to 126 Petabytes per month by 2018.  There is essentially nothing a songwriter, software developer, filmmaker or author can do if someone decides to give their song, movie or book away for free to the world from Canada.  How anyone could support that behavior is incomprehensible.  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sorry Steeleword but I have to respectfully disagree with you.  <\/p>\n<p>1. That article is over 3 years old and has since been proven incorrect.<br \/>\n2. It has been proven over and over again that so called &#8220;pirates&#8221; actually spend more on physical copies of music and movies than most others.<br \/>\n3) Filesharing is not illegal and the vast majority of that bit torrent traffic is for fully legal items, for instance I use BT to do my nightly business back up the the cloud which is normally around 2GB.  This kind of service was in it&#8217;s infancy three years ago but it&#8217;s now being lumped in with so called &#8220;piracy&#8221; statistics.<br \/>\n4. The figures you quote come from none other than Rightscorp itself so they are dubious to say the least.<br \/>\n5. Finally When companies like Rightscorp do get a monetary payment they only forward 50% to the copyright holder (usually the MPAA or RIAA) who then take their cut before passing on pennies in the dollar to the actual artiste.  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wouldn&#8217;t just happen to be the John Steele who works with Prenda Law would you by any chance?  The tone and format of your comment leads me to believe that you are.  For anyone interested here&#8217;s a quick rundown on that John Steele:<\/p>\n<p>John Steele, the lawyer who told me he\u2019d made \u201cmillions\u201d going after people who illegally download pornographic movies, is experiencing some legal trouble of his own. A district judge in Los Angeles has questions about the way in which Steele and his colleagues have conducted their litigation. Ars Technica and Popehat have been providing detailed (and often gleeful) coverage of a series of hearings that may lead to the unraveling of hundreds of lawsuits filed by Steele and his colleagues at Prenda Law against alleged XXX-movie lovers whose IP addresses were caught downloading the films online.<\/p>\n<p>Steele and his colleagues have been pursuing \u201cJohn Does\u201d who download XXX films without paying for them for copyright violations. When I interviewed him last year, he told me he had filed over 350 of these suits, and that he was at that time suing approximately 20,000 people. 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class=\"comment even depth-2 comment clearfix li-comment highlander-comment\" id=\"comment-1530833\" data-comment-id=\"1530833\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"div-comment\" id=\"div-comment-1530833\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-meta clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"avatar-placeholder\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d208b90d010014dc247290ef592be171?d=retro&amp;s=55&amp;r=pg\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"comment-author\">Sam<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"comment-replyee\"><a href=\"#comment-1530749\" title=\"Replyee\">steeleword<\/a><\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2015\/03\/06\/us-firm-runs-mass-copyright-shakedown-in-canada\/#comment-1530833\" class=\"comment-permalink\">Friday, March 6, 2015<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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thread-even depth-1 comment clearfix li-comment highlander-comment\" id=\"comment-1530746\" data-comment-id=\"1530746\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"div-comment\" id=\"div-comment-1530746\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-meta clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"avatar-placeholder\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2dfc29152841ce56e0877f6b41d59d2d?d=retro&amp;s=55&amp;r=pg\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"comment-author\">Expat Brit<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2015\/03\/06\/us-firm-runs-mass-copyright-shakedown-in-canada\/#comment-1530746\" class=\"comment-permalink\">Friday, March 6, 2015<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CegTek doesn&#8217;t even bother to check if the IP being used is actually infringing either.  They base their conclusions on a less than 1 second timeslice so if someone is just using bit torrent to download a small demo to see if it&#8217;s worth paying for they will get flagged as pirates.<\/p>\n<p>Also there is evidence starting to come to light that porn companies like Malibu Media are actually the initial seeders in some cases so they can then start this type of shakedown! 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