On Sunday, July 15 I received an email
from the file storage site 4Shareddotcom advising me that it was reported that
I “offer unlicensed copies of, or been engaged in
other unauthorized activities relating to copyrighted works. The abuse report
came to us from LeakID. Storing and sharing of such material violates
proprietary rights of the file copyright owner as well as 4shared Terms of Use”
What
was involved was my offering for download my 28 page pdf booklet on the Dallas
1957 chess tournament. This is, of
course not the case, because this booklet consists of a brief description of the
tournament and some anno-Fritzed games.
I sent an e-mail back describing the material and
received what appeared to be an automated reply signed by someone name “Josh”
at 4Shared. Basically the e-mailed
advised me it wasn’t their problem and I should please “get in touch with the
reporter via email (e-mail listed for Leak) and figure this out.”
According to their website, LeakID “is the
first digital agency and was founded by experts from the world of radio,
television and internet. We undertake the design, management, strategy ...etc.”
According to LinkedIn they are Specialists
in Law Enforcement IP, content protection, anti-piracy, Anti
Counterfeiting.
According
to the customer service people, leakid is spamming Sendspace with takedown
notices: "We keep being sent takedown notices by leakid.com. You will
probably wish to take this up with them." Interesting that even Sendspace, like 4Shared, doesn't seem to care that this is a problem for some of their site's users. Obviously if LeakedID is doing spamming they won't be too concerned about complaints will they?
As
expected, I never heard from LeakID. Apparently I have not been the only person
to have experienced problems with this issue involving both 4Sahred and
LeakIt. As a result I have deleted my
4Shared account and am no longer offering my pdf booklets for download unless I
can find another site.
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