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Canada Prohibits Piracy Settlement Demands in ISP Copyright Notices

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday December 19 2018, @09:10AM   Printer-friendly
from the sudden-outbreak-of-common-sense dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1984

The rules for Canada's notice-and-notice regime will change following the passing of C-86, the Budget Implementation Act. Moving forward, rightsholders will not be allowed to send copyright infringement notices for ISPs to pass onto their customers, if they contain a direct or indirect offer to settle. The development effectively ends Rightscorp-style business models in Canada.

Source: https://torrentfreak.com/canada-prohibits-piracy-settlement-demands-in-isp-copyright-notices-181218/

See Also:
https://torrentfreak.com/canadian-isps-want-ban-on-piracy-settlement-notices-181022/
https://torrentfreak.com/canada-introduces-bill-to-ban-piracy-settlement-notices-181030/

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by bzipitidoo on Wednesday December 19 2018, @10:19AM (2 children)

    by bzipitidoo (4388) on Wednesday December 19 2018, @10:19AM (#776245) Journal

    Excellent. Because one of the things these scam artists were doing was trying to trick the recipients into identifying themselves. It was a legally dubious shakedown.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Gaaark on Wednesday December 19 2018, @02:28PM

    by Gaaark (41) on Wednesday December 19 2018, @02:28PM (#776314) Journal

    I got one saying "Click on this link...etc etc"

    DO. NOT. CLICK. THE. LINK!

    The link is a lie!
    the link is evil...the link will eat your cancer but replace it with Rick Astley!

    NEVER CLICK THE LINK.

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  • (Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Saturday December 22 2018, @06:05PM

    by RandomFactor (3682) on Saturday December 22 2018, @06:05PM (#777599) Journal

    Dear God...
            So if I had such a letter and wanted to royally screw someone I could just inquire on their behalf to one of these?

    :-p

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