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IFPI DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google

January 10, 2010

 

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IFPI
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Head of Internet Anti-Piracy


London, UK

Recipient Information:

Google, Inc. [Blogger]


Mountain View, CA, USA


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Re: Ref: R12676

Re:
http://langitka9s.blogspot.com/2010/01/30-seconds-to-mars-this-is-war-2009.html
http://lanhattiizh-jmusic.blogspot.com/2009/11/plastic-tree-fukorou-all-version.html
http://lascarnicerasdebalvanera.blogspot.com/2010/01/lou-reed-transformer.html
http://lastpunishment.blogspot.com/2009/06/plastic-tree-fukurou-10062009_10.html
http://leshake.blogspot.com/2009/08/spoon-got-nuffin-2009.html
http://lesliethebarber.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-im-listening-to.html
http://likethisongs.blogspot.com/2010/01/kesha-animal.html
http://livingears.blogspot.com/2009/12/livingears-2009-51-songs.html
http://ljudet.blogspot.com/2010/01/bubblegum-sci-fi.html
http://losbaladerosmusic.blogspot.com/2010/01/playlist-black-music-8012010.html
http://loserboimusic.blogspot.com/2010/01/r-usher-foolin-around-r-usher-there.html
http://loserboimusic.blogspot.com/2010/01/r-usher-slippin-r-usher-get-in-my-car-r.html
http://luizaocn.blogspot.com/2010/01/rihanna-rated-r.html
http://lysergicbliss420.blogspot.com/2010/01/robocop.html
http://malangiereviews.blogspot.com/2009/07/spoon-got-nuffin-ep-2009.html
http://malditomonstruo.blogspot.com/2009/12/phoenix-wolfgang-amadeus-phoenix-remix.html
http://marceloquality.blogspot.com/2010/01/jay-z-dj-kut-blackprint-3-2010.html
http://marckleite.blogspot.com/2010/01/hoobastank-reason.html
http://marvelo1.blogspot.com/2010/01/usher-get-in-my-car-feat-yo-gotti.html
http://mastydownloads.blogspot.com/2009/12/britney-spears-all-album-songs-for.html
http://maxwellmusica.blogspot.com/2010/01/dollhouse-trilha-sonora-da-serie-2009.html
http://mcmasterr.blogspot.com/2010/01/madness-one-step-beyond-deluxe-edition.html
http://megacpu.blogspot.com/2010/01/download-omarion-ollusion-2010.html
http://mega-hiphop.blogspot.com/2010/01/planete-rap-2010.html
http://megamisamanoheya.blogspot.com/2009/06/plastic-treefukurou-buho.html
http://megaserchss-retrodisco-dj.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post.html
http://megauploadblogs.blogspot.com/2010/01/karen-o-and-kids-where-wild-things-are.html
http://metal-makes-us-strong.blogspot.com/2009/10/amorphis-silent-waters.html
http://metal-rockdownload.blogspot.com/2010/01/tristania-tristania-demo.html
http://metal-software.blogspot.com/2010/01/baron-rojo-volumen-brutal-1982.html
http://missing-hits-discotheque.blogspot.com/2009/12/concierto-discotheque-mix-07.html
http://misslolijfstijl.blogspot.com/2010/01/music.html
http://misticmix.blogspot.com/2010/01/janeiro-22.html
http://mixipod2.blogspot.com/2010/01/dj-lollipop-lollipops-throb-2010-mix.html
http://mixxedtapes.blogspot.com/2010/01/star-struck.html
http://mobbmuzik09.blogspot.com/2010/01/pursuit-of-happiness-mixtapestarring.html
http://mohoughs.blogspot.com/2009/04/him-greatest-love-songs-vol-666.html
http://morecrac.blogspot.com/2010/01/omarion-ollusion-2010.html
http://mp3-downlaod.blogspot.com/2010/01/mp3-jay-z-ft-alicia-keys-empire-state.html
http://mp3gratis-music.blogspot.com/2010/01/motion-city-soundtrack-lifeless.html
http://mrandmrshighlights.blogspot.com/2010/01/no-break-for-beyonce.html
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http://mr-zabrik.blogspot.com/2010/01/korn-korn-1994.html
http://multicheck.blogspot.com/2010/01/mariah-carey-memoirs-of-imperfect-angel.html
http://multicheck.blogspot.com/2010/01/va-justelectro-16082009-105-mb.html
http://music2myears911.blogspot.com/2010/01/michael-jackson-another-day-new-music_05.html
http://musicacion.blogspot.com/2010/01/sade-best-of-sade-comp-1994.html
http://musicamta.blogspot.com/2010/01/onnected-inc-presents-hustlers-club-vol.html
http://musicaspessoais.blogspot.com/2009/12/bob-marley-wailers-exodus-1977.html
http://musicdownload-universomusical.blogspot.com/2010/01/pitbull-i-know-you-want-me-alex-tomar.html
http://music-fresh-and-clean.blogspot.com/2010/01/black-eyed-peas-end.html
http://musicglam.blogspot.com/2010/01/keha-tik-tok-t4s-stars-of-2009-rising.html
http://musicstation-mp3.blogspot.com/2010/01/va-mp3-singles-9.html
http://musicstoretr.blogspot.com/2009/10/spoon-got-nuffin-single-2009.html
http://musikchild.blogspot.com/2010/01/todays-singles_05.html
http://musikchild.blogspot.com/2010/01/todays-singles_08.html
http://musikpepe.blogspot.com/2010/01/foo-fighters-long-road-to-ruin.html
http://musique22.blogspot.com/2009/07/spoon-got-nuffin-2009-ep.html
http://musizload.blogspot.com/2009/06/plastic-tree-fukurou.html
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http://muziknmovielover.blogspot.com/2009/08/janis-joplin-cheap-thrills.html
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http://psychorockers.blogspot.com/2009/12/reatest-hits-1990-1999-tribute-to-work.html
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Dear Sir/Madam,

I am contacting you on behalf of the International Federation of the
Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the record companies it represents.
The IFPI is a trade association that represents over 1,400 major and
independent record companies in the US and internationally who create,
manufacture and distribute sound recordings (the "IFPI Represented
Companies").

Under penalty of perjury, we submit that we are authorized to act on
behalf of the IFPI Represented Companies in matters involving the
infringement of their sound recordings, including enforcing their
copyrights and common law rights on the Internet.

We have learned that your service is hosting the above web sites on
your network. These sites are offering direct links to files
containing sound recordings for other users to download. The copyright
in these sound recordings is owned or exclusively controlled by
certain IFPI Represented Companies.

We have a good faith belief that the above-described activity is not
authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

We assert that the information in this notification is accurate, based
upon the data available to us.

We are asking for your immediate assistance in stopping this
unauthorized activity. Specifically, we request that you remove the
infringing links from your system or that you disable access to the
infringing links, and that you inform the site operator(s) of the
illegality of his or her conduct.

We also note that under Google's Blogger DMCA Policy, Google will, in
appropriate circumstances, terminate the accounts of repeat infringers
and that under the Blogger Content Policy Google reserves the right to
terminate accounts that are used for unlawful purposes.

Our top priority is to prevent the continued availability of the IFPI
Represented Companies' content on the internet. Unauthorized copies
of sound recordings that are freely available, especially pre-release
recordings, cause substantial damage to the IFPI Represented Companies
every hour and day they remain available. In sending this notice we
are seeking to ensure that infringing content is removed from the
internet as quickly as possible through your cooperation. However,
please note that we do not admit that we or the IFPI Represented
Companies are responsible for detecting infringing material and
notifying you of it.

Our use of a notice in this form, as required by Google, is meant to
facilitate Google's removal of the infringing material listed above
and we neither admit nor accept that Google is a 'service provider'
for the purposes of the DMCA or that it is necessary to serve, or that
Google is entitled to be served, a notice in compliance with the DMCA.
IFPI itself and on behalf of the IFPI Represented Companies expressly
reserves all rights in this regard.

In addition, this notice does not constitute a waiver of any right to
recover damages incurred by virtue of any unauthorised activities
described in this notice, and such rights as well as claims for other
relief are hereby expressly reserved.

You may contact me at IFPI Secretariat, [redacted], London W1J 0DD,
United Kingdom or email [redacted]ifpi.org, to discuss this notice.

Please note that we have submitted a signature to be placed on file with Google.

We await your response.

Yours faithfully

[redacted]

Director, Internet Anti-Piracy

IFPI

[redacted]

London

W1J 0DD

United Kingdom

Email: [redacted]ifpi.org

FAQ: Questions and Answers

[back to notice text]


Question: Why does a search engine get DMCA takedown notices for materials in its search listings?

Answer: Many copyright claimants are making complaints under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Section 512(d), a safe-harbor for providers of "information location tools." These safe harbors give providers immunity from liability for users' possible copyright infringement -- if they "expeditiously" remove material when they get complaints. Whether or not the provider would have been liable for infringement by users' materials it links to, the provider can avoid the possibility of a lawsuit for money damages by following the DMCA's takedown procedure when it gets a complaint. The person whose information was removed can file a counter-notification if he or she believes the complaint was erroneous.

Question: What does a service provider have to do in order to qualify for safe harbor protection?

Answer: In addition to informing its customers of its policies (discussed above), a service provider must follow the proper notice and takedown procedures (discussed above) and also meet several other requirements in order to qualify for exemption under the safe harbor provisions.

In order to facilitate the notification process in cases of infringement, ISPs which allow users to store information on their networks, such as a web hosting service, must designate an agent that will receive the notices from copyright owners that its network contains material which infringes their intellectual property rights. The service provider must then notify the Copyright Office of the agent's name and address and make that information publicly available on its web site. [512(c)(2)]

Finally, the service provider must not have knowledge that the material or activity is infringing or of the fact that the infringing material exists on its network. [512(c)(1)(A)], [512(d)(1)(A)]. If it does discover such material before being contacted by the copyright owners, it is instructed to remove, or disable access to, the material itself. [512(c)(1)(A)(iii)], [512(d)(1)(C)]. The service provider must not gain any financial benefit that is attributable to the infringing material. [512(c)(1)(B)], [512(d)(2)].


Question: What are the provisions of 17 U.S.C. Section 512(c)(3) & 512(d)(3)?

Answer: Section 512(c)(3) sets out the elements for notification under the DMCA. Subsection A (17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3)(A)) states that to be effective a notification must include: 1) a physical/electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the infringed right; 2) identification of the copyrighted works claimed to have been infringed; 3) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed; 4) information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party (e.g., the address, telephone number, or email address); 5) a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner; and 6) a statement that information in the complaint is accurate and that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. Subsection B (17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3)(B)) states that if the complaining party does not substantially comply with these requirements the notice will not serve as actual notice for the purpose of Section 512.

Section 512(d)(3), which applies to "information location tools" such as search engines and directories, incorporates the above requirements; however, instead of the identification of the allegedly infringing material, the notification must identify the reference or link to the material claimed to be infringing.


Question: Does a service provider have to follow the safe harbor procedures?

Answer: No. An ISP may choose not to follow the DMCA takedown process, and do without the safe harbor. If it would not be liable under pre-DMCA copyright law (for example, because it is not contributorily or vicariously liable, or because there is no underlying copyright infringement), it can still raise those same defenses if it is sued.


Question: How do I file a DMCA counter-notice?

Answer: If you believe your material was removed because of mistake or misidentification, you can file a "counter notification" asking the service provider to put it back up. Chilling Effects offers a form to build your own counter-notice.


For more information on the DMCA Safe Harbors, see the FAQs on DMCA Safe Harbor. For more information on Copyright and defenses to copyright infringement, see Copyright.


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