Telus Complaint... WTF?

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From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 12:56 PM
Subject: Notice Of Copyright Complaint - <NAME HERE> - <IP HERE> -
<MAC ADDRESS HERE>


> We are writing to inform you that TELUS has received a complaint that
> alleges that your TELUS Internet Service account has been involved in
> copyright infringement. This complaint was traced back to your account
> based on the IP address used at the time of this activity.
>
> Please note that TELUS has not provided any of your personal account
> information to the complainant. It is TELUS' policy to disclose such
> information to a complainant only if ordered to do so by a court of law,
> which has not happened to date.
>
> We do, however, want you to be aware that this complaint was received by
> us and offer you the following information that may be of help to you:
>
> If you are unaware of this type of activity originating from your account,
> you may wish to inquire with others who have access to your account.
>
> If you are using a dial-up account, change the account password to ensure
> that only authorized users have access to it.
>
> You may also want to check your system for viruses, which may explain why
> this sort of activity is originating from your account.
>
> If the ADSL modem is connected to a wireless router, please make sure that
> only your authorized computers can connect to it and access the internet.
> For help in securing the wireless router, please contact the router
> vendor.
>
> If you are not aware of our Acceptable Use Policy, which strictly
> prohibits use of our Service to infringe the copyrights of others, you may
> review at http://www.mytelus.com/internet/nv/aup.do. Please be aware that
> violation of this policy could result in disconnection of your Service.
>
> Below is an excerpt from the complaint that we received regarding your
> account. We include it in this notice in an effort to help you identify
> the activity that is in question.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Sincerely, Ken
>
> Internet Abuse Team Member
> Consumer Customer Operations
> TELUS Communications
> Email: [email protected]
> http://www.telus.com/internetabuse - Internet Abuse FAQ
> http://www.mytelus.com/internet/policies/TISAA.do - TELUS Internet
> Services Account Agreement
> http://www.mytelus.com/internet/policies/display.do - Acceptable Use
> Policy
>
>
> *Please include the original email in any replies.
>
>
>
> -~-
>
> Excerpt from complaint:
> ---
>
> Title: NHL 07
> Infringement Source: BitTorrent
> Infringement Timestamp: 8 Oct 2006 21:47:33 GMT
> Infringement Last Documented: 9 Oct 2006 16:36:17 GMT
> Infringer Username: -UT1600-Ú?bÔu??gd8Ým
> Infringing Filename: www.bitreactor.to_NHL_07-Razor1911/rzr-nhl7.rar
> Infringing Filesize: 2056600232
> Infringer IP Address: <IP HERE>
> Infringer DNS Name: d<IP HERE>.bchsia.telus.net
> Infringing URL:



So uhhh who the hell complains about this... I sure know it wasn't EA Sports hanging around tracking P2P networks. If I wasn't uploading would I also get flagged? Are you more at risk if you attempt to download the newest just released shit?
 
My friend got cable from a small provider in his town in TN. Without naming the movie (namely because I can't remember what it was), he downloaded a movie that JUST came out. I honestly can't recall the movie's name, but it was a Sony Picture production. Anyway, he DLed it off of bittorrent. Literally 2 minutes after the torrent completed downloading, he received a call from his ISP telling him his account was warned and any further illegal downloads would result in termination of his account.

So yes, this type of thing happens. I'm not really sure how it gets noticed, but it definitely does. It seems a more common thing on smaller ISPs (Comcast never seemed to care what I DL'd for example).
 
Oh snap.

Seems like a good plan from their side, if it was indeed the developer, producer, or publisher. Host a torrent, be the main seed for it, then narc on everyone who eats from the palm of your hand.

I'd check with the Razor team to see if they did indeed publish that torrent, and if there's any known heat on it. I'm on Shaw, I've been acquiring some files of the same nature as this for the past 3-4 days, and I haven't heard anything. Isn't my first time either.
 
Rappa said:
My friend got cable from a small provider in his town in TN. Without naming the movie (namely because I can't remember what it was), he downloaded a movie that JUST came out. I honestly can't recall the movie's name, but it was a Sony Picture production. Anyway, he DLed it off of bittorrent. Literally 2 minutes after the torrent completed downloading, he received a call from his ISP telling him his account was warned and any further illegal downloads would result in termination of his account.

So yes, this type of thing happens. I'm not really sure how it gets noticed, but it definitely does. It seems a more common thing on smaller ISPs (Comcast never seemed to care what I DL'd for example).
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Agreed about the comcast bit, I've never had any problems whatsoever
 
I found someone on another forum that got the exact same Telus complaint a couple weeks ago.

http://www.theisonews.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2088269

"That mail is nothing, they won't go to court. Two years ago I received 6 warnings in a month, never heard anything about it after that."

I don't exactly know how truthful that is either but I'm beginning to think that it was just a fluke, out of the fact that the software is less then a month old and EA prolly paid an agency that monitors P2P downloading to focus their attention on it.
 
I'd say just switch to one of the bigger companies that doesn't care.

I'd be willing to bet the only reason the smaller companies actually care is they could actually be hurt by a lawsuit if someone used their company to pirate movies and such; whereas something like comcast is so big they wouldn't care. It'd also be harder to track with the vastly larger amount of traffic larger companies get.
 
Bajaratt said:
I'd say just switch to one of the bigger companies that doesn't care.

I'd be willing to bet the only reason the smaller companies actually care is they could actually be hurt by a lawsuit if someone used their company to pirate movies and such; whereas something like comcast is so big they wouldn't care. It'd also be harder to track with the vastly larger amount of traffic larger companies get.
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Telus is a huge company. They are the largest telephone and DSL service provider in the Pacific Northwest and may be branching to Television soon. I don't even know any other ISP's worth considering other then Shaw/Rogers or Telus, those two dominate Canada's market for telephone, dsl/cable, and television.
 
Oh, you're in canada? I'd never heard of the company before so I figured it was fairly small, but I guess it's just Canadian.
 
lolCanada...

That really sucks, best switch providers so you can get that free warez!!!
 
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Jrod - why do you keep capitalizing the US in Telus?

And is Cox seriously the name of a real ISP? Reminds me of the ever-popular bearing company named Fag.
 
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Jrodtaru said:
My bad on the capitalization, when he said the Pacific Northwest, I took that to mean both US and Canada, and followed that to TelUS possibly being an abbreviation of Telecommunications US.
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That makes sense. Up hurr Telus is just straight brandname. I thought they would've been world-known by now given all the customer support union issues they've enjoyed over the past 5 years or so.

Good read on the rest of your post... aint that some shit. So there's a cap, so to speak, on the number of files you can share without getting prosecuted. Penetrated?
 
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decidence said:
Telus is a huge company. They are the largest telephone and DSL service provider in the Pacific Northwest and may be branching to Television soon. I don't even know any other ISP's worth considering other then Shaw/Rogers or Telus, those two dominate Canada's market for telephone, dsl/cable, and television.
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Bell 4tw.
Rogers are money grubbing scum and telus full of retards.
 
f I wasn't uploading would I also get flagged?
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Bittorrent works by similtaneously uploading and downloading... you can get in trouble for both but they go after people uploading more than downloading.

And dont go pirating games,... support the work these guys are doing. video game makers aren't bastards like say the music industry.
 
Reeve said:
Bittorrent works by similtaneously uploading and downloading... you can get in trouble for both but they go after people uploading more than downloading.

And dont go pirating games,... support the work these guys are doing. video game makers aren't bastards like say the music industry.
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'zat so?
 
Garvin said:
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'zat so?
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The Stamp of a bad game nowadays. At least anything beyond sports or racing.
 
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