Universal Pictures Ask Google To Delist 127.0.0.1 For Piracy
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[quote]We recently wrote about a German film distributor that went on a DMCA takedown blitz and managed to send notices for sites that had nothing to do with infringing files (such as IMDB and, er, Techdirt). In a somewhat related story, we learn that representatives of Universal Pictures have likewise gone DMCA happy over infringing versions of movies like Furious 7 and Jurassic World -- even to the point of issuing takedowns not only for the film's IMDB page (for Furious 7), but for "127.0.0.1" for Jurassic World.
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127.0.0.1 is, of course, the IP address a machine uses to refer to itself. It's also known as "localhost." In other words, it basically means "home."
This is obviously a case of these companies setting up some kind of automated system, working off of an obviously flawed algorithm, that is causing these errors, rather than having real people going through to see if the targets for these takedown notices are actually infringing. Why do we allow this kind of collateral damage in the DMCA system?[/quote]
[url]https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150723/06094731734/geniuses-representing-universal-pictures-ask-google-to-delist-127001-piracy.shtml[/url]
Wow, that's funny. I guess they don't know too much about computers, do they?
its incredible how law makers want to regulate something they have 0 understanding in.
ill pirate my ip all day long
No, $REPORTER, we don't use an automated system, all links are found by our crack team of experts! /n
They ought to get some hackers to help them ddos that pesky 127.0.0.1 host.
My friend has a doormat with 127.0.0.1 on it I guess they should lock him up for life
To me that looks like there needs to be a low-effort fine for wrongful DMCAs.
Preferably per violation, roughly paying for the work needed to process it.
[QUOTE=Tamschi;48285602]To me that looks like there needs to be a low-effort fine for wrongful DMCAs.
Preferably per violation, roughly paying for the work needed to process it.[/QUOTE]
This is probably the best solution. A set fine amount per misrepresented IP.
The fine would be small but if youre a dick it would rack up fast.
[QUOTE=DiBBs27;48285683]This is probably the best solution. A set fine amount per misrepresented IP.
The fine would be small but if youre a dick it would rack up fast.[/QUOTE]
These are huge multi-billion dollar companies. No need for small fines. Maybe make them proportional to the profits the company makes?
No, Universal isn't being stupid.
That address is most likely for a client that the most popular french language pirate streaming Cacaoweb site uses. [url]http://cacaoweb.org/[/url]
Basically if you go to that site and download the client you will have a web service running on port 4001 which will accept certain parameters.
The links for that service (and other similar services) are published on the internet pointing to the local loopback address with a resource identifier of the specific content in question e.g. [url]http://127.0.0.1:4001/?f=d2befg90da7cff2825347f7293a462ae[/url]
Pressing that link on an machine on which the client is installed will allow you to instantly view the content, on machines on which the client isn't installed it won't do anything (think of it as a torrent magnet link).
So while it's a bit silly to see that you see a local loopback address on a DMCA request what they want Google to do is to not display search results that actually provide the link to the content, even if that link requires dedicated software.
What people need to understand with the DMCA requests is that it's not intended to only remove the URL from showing up in google results as that is ineffective, it prevents any website with that url in it's content from showing up as a result especially when tied to certain keywords.
Blocking say the piratebay or randomuploadsite.com on google isn't effective, because you need to also make sure that all of the 10000's of piracy forums that are used to actually publish the links won't be displayed when people search for Taylor Swift New CD Torrent on Google.
if(&localhost != iplist){
cout << "IP has been successfully removed for the list"
}
lol they absolutely have shit knowledge on ip address's
Okay sorry, not trying to be rude. But that code doesn't make any sense (why are you comparing the addresses?) and it would behoove you to read the comment above you. I assure you, they do know what 127.0.0.1 is.
[QUOTE=Tamschi;48285602]To me that looks like there needs to be a low-effort fine for wrongful DMCAs.
Preferably per violation, roughly paying for the work needed to process it.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;48285850]These are huge multi-billion dollar companies. No need for small fines. Maybe make them proportional to the profits the company makes?[/QUOTE]
Make it proportional to how many false claims you make.
For instance, a Fibonacci thing, where each false claim costs as much as the previous two claims.
Start at, say, $1. Seems way too low, right? Not really.
2 false claims?
Sum of $2.
10 false claims?
Sum of $143.
11 false claims?
Sum of $232.
20?
Sum of $17,710.
30?
Sum of $2,178,309
That shit climbs fast.
On a related yet entirely separate note, apparently the sum of all Fibonacci numbers up to the xth one is the (x+2)th one minus 1.
[QUOTE=Xmeagol;48285560]ill pirate my ip all day long[/QUOTE]
"so, why are you here in jail?"
"i wrote my ip in a bunch of blank cds and the cops arrested me"
Wow get with the times and DMCA ::1 already.
hey that's my IP, oh no they got me!
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