Reported that I received a 'copyright infringement' warning when I downloaded Ubuntu with BitTorrent



If you share content that is subject to copyright law online, you may be notified of copyright infringement

under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) through your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Most of these notifications are made for good reason, but one user downloaded the free Linux distribution Ubuntu via the file-sharing software BitTorrent , which is also legitimate. Regardless, I am reporting that I have received a DMCA notice.


Comcast Subscriber Receives DMCA Notice for Downloading Ubuntu * TorrentFreak
https://torrentfreak.com/comcast-subscriber-receives-dmca-notice-for-downloading-ubuntu-210526/

OpSec Says DMCA Notice System Was 'Spoofed' To Target Ubuntu Download * TorrentFreak
https://torrentfreak.com/opsec-says-dmca-notice-system-was-spoofed-to-target-ubuntu-download-210527/

According to a report by NateNate60, a user of the overseas bulletin board Reddit, NateNate60 downloaded the ISO package of 'Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS' from Canonical , the distributor of Ubuntu, via BitTrrent, and later DMCA from the provider Comcast. The notification has been sent. NateNate60 was asked by Comcast to delete the file and was warned that 'use of our services to infringe copyrighted works may result in service and account suspension.' I am.



However, Canonical actively encourages the distribution of packages via BitTorrent, and it is recognized that getting Ubuntu via BitTorrent is okay for many users. The petitioner for the notification sent to NateNate60 this time

was OpSec Security , a copyright infringement countermeasure company, not Canonical, so other Reddit users who received this report and TorrentFreak, a news site familiar with the situation around P2P, etc. We asked OpSec Security for comment.

According to TorrentFreak, OpSec Security said, 'The DMCA notification sending program was spoofed by an unknown person. There is clear evidence to prove that the DMCA notification in question was not executed or originated by OpSec Security.' Although he said, the details of the 'evidence' were not disclosed. OpSec Security also said, 'Sometimes we are spoofed, perhaps to damage OpSec Security's reputation, but such attempts can be easily identified and disproved.'

OpSec Security is the official Twitter 'has confirmed that the DMCA notification about Linux was originated, but this is OpSec Security does not have anything to do with,' such as Tweets has posted. OpSec Security tweeted a sentence that seems to be the same as the one sent to TorrentFreak a few hours before this tweet, but it was deleted at the time of writing the article, and the archived page remains. It is only available.



On this issue, TorrentFreak considers the question, 'Is it possible to spoof DMCA notifications?' First, for DMCA applications, it is common practice to request a DMCA notice from an ISP such as Comcast, as the person making the copyright infringement claim does not know the contact information of the person who infringed the copyright. In this case, Comcast sent a notification to NateNate60 in response to a complaint from OpSec Security, so if it is as claimed by OpSec Security, it means that 'someone impersonated OpSec Security and applied to Comcast'. I will.

However, as OpSec Security claims, if 'sometimes spoofed, but such attempts can be easily identified and disproved,' why does Comcast continue to allow such behavior? The question remains.

Also, if you want to contact Comcast under the guise of OpSec Security, you need to provide the material for the spoofing to the extent that Comcast is not suspicious. But if you've been 'spoofed' instead of 'hacked' as OpSec Security claims, how do you know NateNate60's IP address, email address, and when the file was downloaded, and how to fool Comcast? The question also arises. 'I think it takes a lot of effort to damage OpSec Security's reputation,' said TorrentFreak.

Canonical is aware of this issue and states that it has begun an investigation.




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