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[#]: subject: (Comcast Sends Copyright Notice to a User for Downloading Ubuntu ISO via Torrent)
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[#]: via: (https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-download-dmca-notice/)
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[#]: author: (Ankush Das https://news.itsfoss.com/author/ankush/)
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[#]: collector: (lujun9972)
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Comcast Sends Copyright Notice to a User for Downloading Ubuntu ISO via Torrent
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If you do not use torrent files to download a copyrighted material, you may have never received a DMCA notice.
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However, what if you receive a copyright infringement notice from your Internet Service Provider for downloading free software?
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[Xfinity][1], an internet service company by [Comast][2] has managed to do just that. A subscriber received a DMCA notice for downloading Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS ISO file.
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Wait, what? Yes, you heard it right. Let us look at what it is all about.
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### DMCA Notice from ISP for Downloading Ubuntu
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A recent [Reddit thread][3] by the user [u/NateNate60][4] claims that a copyright notice was served for downloading Ubuntu.
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But is it illegal to [download Ubuntu or distribute Ubuntu through torrent][5]?
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Absolutely not.
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Canonical has officially listed the torrent file that you can download to use BitTorrent and make use of peer-to-peer connections if the direct download is slow.
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And some download it just to seed it for other users.
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But, Xfinity sending a DMCA notice, makes it confusing. The notice mentions that the one responsible for notifying the copyright infringement is [OpSec Online Antipiracy][6].
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The notice writes:
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> “We have received a notification by a copyright owner, or its authorized agent, reporting an alleged infringement of one or more copyrighted works made on or over your Xfinity Internet Service.”
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Technically, Canonical is not the only copyright holder, but the copyright holders should not be able to restrict distribution of an open-source software as mentioned by a Gentoo maintainer ([ryao][7]) in the Reddit thread.
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So, what part of the ISO do the copyright holder claim to own here? Or is it just a big innocent mistake by an automated system?
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Here’s how the notice looks like:
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Normally, you can ignore it for the first time but receiving a DMCA notice when you have done nothing is indeed stressful and unfair.
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You may want to sue them back for sending a DMCA notice wrongfully, but not everyone will be willing to invest their precious time and money to get back to these DMCA notices issues as an error.
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### What’s Next?
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Many have suggested contacting Ubuntu’s legal team and not let this slide away but the subscriber does not want to risk making things worse.
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Of course, one would not want the Internet service to be disconnected for a DMCA notice abuse.
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We have reached out to both OpSec Online Antipiracy and Ubuntu to get a response about the incident. So, we shall find out what happens next when we get an official response from either of them.
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_What do you think about the DMCA notice? Do you think that it is just an innocent automated error?_
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#### Big Tech Websites Get Millions in Revenue, It's FOSS Got You!
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via: https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-download-dmca-notice/
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作者：[Ankush Das][a]
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选题：[lujun9972][b]
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[a]: https://news.itsfoss.com/author/ankush/
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[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972
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[1]: https://www.xfinity.com
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[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcast
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[3]: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/nkztyv/copyright_notice_from_isp_for_pirating_linux_is/
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[4]: https://www.reddit.com/user/NateNate60/
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[5]: https://itsfoss.com/download-ubuntu-via-torrent/
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[6]: https://www.opsecsecurity.com/opsec-online/antipiracy-digital-media
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[7]: https://www.reddit.com/user/ryao/
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[8]: data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjgyMSIgd2lkdGg9IjQwMiIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIiB2ZXJzaW9uPSIxLjEiLz4=
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