Threat letter from Centurylink

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tmcdanel
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Threat letter from Centurylink

Post by tmcdanel »

I received a threat letter from Centurylink partially pasted below. I have never received anything like this before.
Do i have something set wrong in Transmission preferences?



"(Customer ID: 'manariam624')

The purpose of this warning is to inform you that CenturyLink has received multiple
notices of copyright infringement sent pursuant to the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act ("DMCA") in connection with your account. The DMCA, passed by
Congress in 1998, allows copyright owners to notify a service provider such as
CenturyLink of alleged copyright infringement carried out on the provider's network.
Copies of the DMCA notifications CenturyLink received are included below.

Please be reminded that unauthorized posting of copyrighted material is a
violation of CenturyLink's Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and High Speed Internet
Subscriber Agreement which prohibits use of the CenturyLink Network and Services in
any manner that would infringe, dilute, misappropriate, or otherwise violate
the intellectual property rights of others.

The CenturyLink Acceptable Use Policy and the High Speed Internet Subscriber Agreement provides that CenturyLink may suspend or terminate your service for violation of the AUP and/or Subscriber Agreement.

Please be advised that if this violation continues, or in the event that additional violations occur, CenturyLink may take further action, including the suspension or termination of your Service.

Please note that if you use the Internet for Voice over IP services (VoIP) to support Internet based calling, you will not be able to make any incoming or outgoing calls, including 9-1-1 calls, from your service address unless you have Internet service.

Also, disconnection of a bundled service may result in loss of your bundle discount.

If you need technical support or assistance in securing your device, please contact CenturyLink High Speed Internet Technical Support at 1 877-348-9005.

If you believe the enclosed DMCA notices were sent to CenturyLink in error, you may contact the copyright owner directly within the next five (5) days and email a copy of your correspondence to CenturyLink at abuse@centurylinkservices.net. CenturyLink will give consideration to this challenge in enforcing its AUP.
If you choose not to challenge the notices, we will assume for purposes of enforcing our AUP that they were not sent in error.

Copies of the DMCA notifications CenturyLink has received are as follows:

Summary Info:
Ticket IP Address Offense Date/time Customer ID Circuit ID Download Data
C21932680 65.128.225.52 2012-05-22 10:52:19 manariam62... method=BitTorrent, title='Game of Thrones', filename='Game of Thrones S02E01 The North Remembers HDTV XviD-FQM[ettv]'
C21947620 65.128.225.52 2012-05-23 01:05:08 manariam62... method=BitTorrent, title='Game of Thrones', filename='Game.of.Thrones.S02E02.WEBRip.XviD-3LT0N'

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livings124
Transmission Developer
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Re: Threat letter from Centurylink

Post by livings124 »

Transmission is not for piracy. Don't use it.
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