[OT] Got DMCA because download and seeding Ubuntu

[alien]

I am stumble across 2 interesting articles about someone download ubuntu
on torrent and got DMCA from the ISP.

_Comcast Subscriber Receives DMCA Notice for Downloading Ubuntu_

<https://torrentfreak.com/comcast-subscriber-receives-dmca-notice-for-downloading-ubuntu-210526/>

I though they're forgot to check before send a notification to the ISP.

But after read the second article

_OpSec Says DMCA Notice System Was “Spoofed” To Target Ubuntu Download_

<https://torrentfreak.com/opsec-says-dmca-notice-system-was-spoofed-to-target-ubuntu-download-210527/>

I got more confused, since I though the system cannot be spoofed and it
should be a certain verification before the notification is approved and
send to the costumer.

Anyway I hope there will be more news about this matter, since it will
interesting to know how the company and ISP can get away with it.

Will they just say, it was a mistake and the problem is solve, or will
it uncover more information about the problems within DMCA notice system.
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[Themi]

On 5/30/2021 5:47 PM, alien wrote:
> I am stumble across 2 interesting articles about someone download ubuntu
> on torrent and got DMCA from the ISP.
>
> _Comcast Subscriber Receives DMCA Notice for Downloading Ubuntu_
>
> <https://torrentfreak.com/comcast-subscriber-receives-dmca-notice-for-downloading-ubuntu-210526/>
>
>
> I though they're forgot to check before send a notification to the ISP.
>
> But after read the second article
>
> _OpSec Says DMCA Notice System Was “Spoofed” To Target Ubuntu Download_
>
> <https://torrentfreak.com/opsec-says-dmca-notice-system-was-spoofed-to-target-ubuntu-download-210527/>
>
>
> I got more confused, since I though the system cannot be spoofed and it
> should be a certain verification before the notification is approved and
> send to the costumer.
>
> Anyway I hope there will be more news about this matter, since it will
> interesting to know how the company and ISP can get away with it.
>
> Will they just say, it was a mistake and the problem is solve, or will
> it uncover more information about the problems within DMCA notice system.

Them claiming it's spoofed makes zero sense. They must have made a
stupid mistake and just said that to cover it up. I'm sure they can't
actually pursue any legal action at all since they can't even name what
copyright is being infringed upon, so in that case if I where the user
I'd just ignore the warning and continue on.

Reading this article:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/fake-dmca-takedown-notice-targeted-ubuntu-downloaders-yesterday/

It looks the DMCA notice screenshot could have possibly been faked. The
article also points out it could have been an attempt to deanonymize
that person too.

It doesn't look like there's any new news on it yet, I suspect nothing
else came out about it.