| [Newsgroups] Giganews and it's DMCA Affirmation I have received several Giganews DMCA infringement notices and as a result I have had my account put on hold. The annoying this is that I only download and the notices was for stuff that was uploaded/posted. In the notices it mentions the specific infraction or messages that were posted. They were of TV shows that were up loaded. Now I took a close look at those, they all seem to have been uploaded on the same date and by a specific IP. The ip shown was one that is in Germany.
Here's an example:
" ----- Messages Posted by Your Account (Reference: 3566427)
Subject: Boardwalk.Empire.S02E09.PL.HDTV.XviD-FLAME.rar (01/58)
Message-ID: on Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:32:54 -0600
Username : *!my old giganews username!*
IP Address: 85.214.95.177
Timestamp : Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:32:54 -0600
Other related Message-IDs:"
Now I live in Canada, so that worried me right away. I changed my username and password after realizing that. Did a full malware and antivirus scan of my computer to make sure it was clean.
After the first few notices I got some more but I'm noticing that they are from the same day and same IP. I don't know why they are being sent as separate infringements or seperate notices.
Also now if I want to re-enable my download and posting privileges I have to sign some DMCA Affirmation. I'm very wary about that. I'm not sure what it is I'm singing exactly? In case my account gets hacked am I opening myself up to fines and what not or are they just gone cancel or suspend my account? By signing that, as a Canadian citizen will I be subject to the laws of the DMCA?
Here is the DMCA Affirmation they want me to sign:
"I, **My Name Here**, have fully read and agree to Giganews' Terms of Service linked here »www.giganews.com/legal/tos_personal.html. I understand that Giganews only sells single-user accounts, and therefore all posts made by my account are my responsibility. My Giganews account will no longer be used to post any unauthorized copies of copyrighted materials. I understand that Giganews has the right, authority, and complete discretion to terminate my account without notice and without refund or suspend posting from my account should further unauthorized copies of copyrighted materials be posted. I understand that this is my first and last chance.
Under the laws of perjury in the United States, I hereby affirm the above and that my name is **My Name** and I reside at **My Home Address**. I further affirm that I electronically sign this form of my own free will." |
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 nfxThe WirePremium
join:2001-05-21
Vancouver, BC
kudos:1 | You live in Canada, just sign up with a new provider. Giganews is expensive anyway.
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nfx |
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 swintecPremium,VIP
join:2003-12-19
Alfred, ME
kudos:3 | reply to NiteOwl
Do you use their VPN service? I am assuming this is from where this notice was generated from.
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| said by swintec:Do you use their VPN service? I am assuming this is from where this notice was generated from.
I don't use their VPN service. It's cause my account was hacked and someone from Germany or using a German IP uploaded copyrigthed materials. |
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said by nfx:You live in Canada, just sign up with a new provider. Giganews is expensive anyway.
What's another good provider? |
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swintecPremium,VIP
join:2003-12-19
Alfred, ME
kudos:3 Reviews:
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 ·RoadRunner Cable
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said by NiteOwl:said by swintec:Do you use their VPN service? I am assuming this is from where this notice was generated from.
I don't use their VPN service. It's cause my account was hacked and someone from Germany or using a German IP uploaded copyrigthed materials. If you insist to stay with giganews and you don't care about posting, just tell them to go ahead and block your posting. That would solve the problem for good. You could also just cancel and make a new account and forget signing the notice.
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| reply to NiteOwl
You have a lot of options. Depending on how much you download you might want to check out a block account per swintecs link above. Otherwise here are several additional options with unlimited Usenet for around $10 a month: »www.newsgroupreviews.com/
- NGR
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| Cool, thanks. |
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 ArchivisYour DaddyPremium
join:2001-11-26
Earth
kudos:17
 ·Verizon FiOS
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Was this based strictly on posts made by your account?
I was wondering how the DMCA was sending notices to people via newsgroup providers.
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A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. -MLK |
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 gjrhine
join:2001-12-12
Pawleys Island, SC | reply to NiteOwl
Seems so simple to me. Plenty of providers out there. |
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said by Archivis:Was this based strictly on posts made by your account?
I was wondering how the DMCA was sending notices to people via newsgroup providers.
Yes, my account was hacked and someone was posting stuff under my account. |
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| reply to NiteOwl
I have heard of people getting these Copyright Infringement notices using their VyperVPN service on torrents but not this way.
Sorry to hear you got your account hacked. Giganews is way overpriced anyway so you won't lose much going to another provider.
As far as your security breach, even though you did a malware and antivirus check, there could still be something on your system maybe recording your activity still and that is how they got your account details. I would start from scratch with a format and reinstall of the OS, backing up any pertinent data to begin with of course. Run any suspicious programs in a sandbox and disable Internet access in those sandboxes. Sounds drastic, but someone got your user name and password from Giganews somehow and they probably didn't hack Giganews to get it. |
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| reply to NiteOwl
The alternative giganews that is giganews is.. powerusenet.com or supernews.com |
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