My mom got this in an email today and forwarded it to me.
It seems my dad might have downloaded GTA San Andreas, and they found out somehow.
Here is the mail from Rogers: (I have obviously removed the IP numbers.)
Dear Eleonora Valdut
Rogers Cable (Rogers) has received a notice stating that activities associated with your IP address are infringing copyright in material(s) owned or exclusively licensed by others.
The full notice is appended to this e-mail below.
Under section 4(d) of the Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet End User Agreement (EUA) and Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), you are prohibited from using the Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet service to engage in illegal activities, including activities that infringe copyright. Copies of our EUA and AUP are available at:
http://na.edit.client.yahoo.com/rogers/show_static?.form=terms&.intl=ca
Where there has been a violation of our EUA and/or AUP, including the unauthorized distribution of copyright-protected material, Rogers has the right to take appropriate action against you.
If you have any questions about the attached copyright notice, please contact the sender of the notice using the contact information provided in the notice. Please do not reply to this e-mail.
We trust you will comply with our policies and all applicable laws in using the Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet service.
Rogers EUA Management Team
Sincerely,EUA Management Team
Rogers Yahoo Hi-Speed Internethttp://na.edit.client.yahoo.com/rogers/show_static?.form=terms
00458204-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1Entertainment Software Association
575 7th Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20004 USAAttention: Intellectual Property Enforcement
Telephone: 202-223-2400
E-mail: esa@copyright-compliance.com13 Feb 2007 04:22:17 GMT
ISP: Rogers Cable
ESA Reference Number: 182-4303409Dear Rogers Cable:
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is a trade association that represents the intellectual property interests of numerous companies that publish interactive games for video game consoles, personal computers, handheld devices and the Internet in the United States of America, in Canada, and in other countries (collectively referred to as ESA members). ESA is authorized to act on behalf of ESA members whose copyright and other intellectual property rights it believes to be infringed as described herein.
ESA is providing this letter of notification to make Rogers Cable aware of material on its network or system that infringes the exclusive copyright rights of and is unlawful towards one or more ESA members.
ESA members are entitled to the full protection of Canadian intellectual property laws, including the Copyright Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-42, as amended, in such entertainment software products.
Based on the information at its disposal, ESA has a good faith belief that the IP address below infringes the rights of one or more ESA members by offering for sale or download unauthorized copies of game products protected by copyright, or offering for sale or download material that is the subject of infringing activities. The copyrighted works that have been infringed include but are not limited to:
Title: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Infringement Source: BitTorrent
Infringement Timestamp: 13 Feb 2007 01:10:26 GMT
Infringement Last Documented: 13 Feb 2007 01:10:26 GMT
Infringer Username:
Infringing Filename: GTA San Andreas (FULL) 700mt~.iso
Infringing Filesize: 704219136
Infringer IP Address: --------
Infringer DNS Name: CPE000b6ae25175-CM0011aec82170.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com
Infringing URL: http://tracker.prq.to:80/announceThe unauthorized copies of such game product(s) or the material that is the subject of infringing activities appears on or is made available through the above-listed IP address. Those items are listed and/or identified thereon by their titles or variations thereof, game-related listings/references/descriptions, or depictions of game-related artwork. Such copies, titles, game-related listings/references/descriptions, depictions, and material that is the subject of infringing activities, are hereinafter referred to as “Infringing Material.”
Accordingly, ESA hereby requests Rogers Cable to immediately do the following:
- Notify the account holder of the Infringing Material.
- Remove, or disable access to, the Infringing Material detailed above.
- Take appropriate action against the account holder under your Abuse Policy/Terms
of Service Agreement, including termination of a repeat offender.Please inform us whether you will remove or disable access to the Infringing Material as requested. Rogers Cable or the account holder may contact ESA at the above-listed contact details, with email preferred. Please include the above-noted Reference Number in the subject line of all email correspondence.
Thank you for your cooperation and prompt response in this matter.
Sincerely,
Intellectual Property Enforcement
Entertainment Software Association
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<Case>
<ID>4303409</ID>
<Status>Open</Status>
</Case>
<Complainant>
<Entity>Entertainment Software Association</Entity>
<Contact>Anti-Piracy Enforcement, Intellectual Property Enforcement Manager</Contact>
<Address>575 7th Street, NW Suite 300, Washington, D. C. 20004 United States of America</Address>
<Phone>1(202) 223-2400,1(202) 223-2401</Phone>
<Email>esa@copyright-compliance.com</Email>
</Complainant>
<Service_Provider>
<Entity>Rogers Cable</Entity>
<Address></Address>
<Email>abuse@rogers.com</Email>
</Service_Provider>
<Source>
<TimeStamp>2007-02-13T01:10:26.000Z</TimeStamp>
<IP_Address>-----------</IP_Address>
<Port>35999</Port>
<DNS_Name>CPE000b6ae25175-CM0011aec82170.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com</DNS_Name>
<Type>BitTorrent</Type>
<UserName></UserName>
<Number_Files>1</Number_Files>
<Deja_Vu>No</Deja_Vu>
</Source>
<Content>
<Item>
What can be done in this situation?
My first instinct was that this was fake, but it seems to be quite true.
Any input people?
