Fbi / Mpaa

[Ajax_Undone]

Ok I have been ripping my DVD collection to my hard drive for the last 3 years because I like to have it their to use my Media Center able to play them with out having to go into my attic to get the DVD I am Looking for...

Well the FBI broke down my door and handed me a court serve notice saying I had violated some federal law under the DMCA 2003...

I quickly refuted there clam saying that I was with in my fair-use rights and had not distributed one darn bit to anyone...

well long story short I am out on bail and need some advice...:(:confused:

[Inventive Software]

Bummer! Firstly, how the bloody hell did the FBI know you were ripping the DVDs and trace you? I'm sure that's illegal and contravenes human rights laws in many places. Secondly, the only sensible advice I can offer is: hire a lawyer, quick, who can give the MPAA what they **** well deserve!

[prOnorama]

How could they have known? :confused:

I guess even in the US government agencies need some sort of evidence before they start knocking on your door for whatever reason. Unless you accidentally told an undercover agent or something, but I find that hard to believe...

Yeah hire a lawyer

[kumi]

You shouldn't have explained anything. What you tell Johnny Law can come back to bite you on the ass in trial.

First rule: Clam up and get a lawyer.

[neuron2]

This doesn't pass the smell test. There must be something else involved. Ajax, what put you on their radar screen and what was the alleged violation? What have you been charged with?

The FBI does not break down doors for this kind of a charge.

[honai]

This doesn't pass the smell test.

Dito.

Well the FBI broke down my door and handed me a court serve notice

If they had a court order they wouldn't have to "break down" any door.

I had violated some federal law under the DMCA 2003

The FBI doesn't handle this kind of cases. And there is no "DMCA 2003". Also, the DMCA is an act which defines several criminal offenses, so the court order would state the actual offenses and not simply "DMCA".

well long story short I am out on bail

Even if the above were true, a violation of the DMCA won't get you apprehended, and certainly not associated with posting a bail.

My guess (and judging from past posts by the OP): This thread was simply created for inflammatory reasons, more specifically to feed various urban legends. I refer you to the "black helicopters" chapter.

[Ajax_Undone]

Sorry been busy on the phone for the last 4 hours... Ugh

The notice stated that several times a week they had tracked my IP in unlawful activities...

Downloading mp3's and Miscellaneous Video's... The problem is I don't have any of the Videos/Songs I am suspected to have downloaded either on my Hard Drive or on any CD/DVD's

They compensated my External and my Desktop and after analysing the data they came up short...

yeah No data no prob...

So right now I am in limbo as to what to do next I have my cousin working on the case hes a hard ass from Las-Vegas...

I have never broken a law in my life and second I had to have my phone service provider set my I-net up....

I can't network worth the crap...

Me my self I have a wireless router that I use for my Notebook... I couldn't ever get the wep or what ever to work so its been insecure for since I got it...

So they are checking sub IP's on my router to see if it came from an outside source...

I have a court date set for Monday next week... They still want to talk about me bypassing the DRM on those god damn wma media files and the DVD's I have ripped... My cousin said that if they found them after the fact then it will probably be just a swat on the wrist and my sig on a waver stating that I will never do that again...

I am sorry for the passive info I gave earlier I was and still am Crapping Bricks... And no they didn't Bust my door down I use it as a stressed figure of speech Sorry for that... I woke to them knocking and hand cuffs clanging...

I can remember what exactly was said about the DMCA... it was just one of entire plethora of things that they kept saying... I was half asleep... But I believe the word they used were that I had violated it...

[Shinigami-Sama]

I'd file a counter DMCA claim against them then
can't say much else without more info

I had one cop on the street tell me he could just take my laptop and tear it apart looking for 'illegal data'
long story short he was doing parking metre duty for a few weeks...

[kumi]

Oh, this is bizarre...

What specific offense(s) are you being charged with? Criminal or civil? Or were you asleep during that part, too? Just read us what is written on your court summons...

[Ajax_Undone]

My lawyer has it... LOL

[kumi]

LOL indeed.

[Ajax_Undone]

It said criminal/ Unlawful downloading of 14 specific AVI/Mpg Videos using Bittorrent and something like 7500 MP3's Non specific...

these are the movies I remember were transformers, the jury, and a couple of CD Girls Pornos... (kinkie shit) lol THERE WEB SITE TELLS ME I DONT SWING THAT WAY...)

Also Lilo and Stitch, Berni, Monte python and the quest for the holy grail...

Like I said to them I don't even know people who listen to that much music let alone Download it... I have from Napster 103 songs... A couple eminem songs two perry Como albums (1 Christmas and the other is a rare recording that I ripped off of a old record) I have by request of my daughter two Averil Levine Albums 1 All American Idiots and Green Day and the rest are Classical

Hell I don't listen to much.. And I only listen to some American and the rest are Canadian/Euro music anyhow...LOL

[Ajax_Undone]

If i knew it would appease them I would format my entire HARD DRIVE... How ever I don't have my hard Drive thanks to the FBI's through search methods They Broke the damn thing hooking it up to a ghost image machine that did layer tracking or some crap... Brand New 1 TB Hard Drive gone to the pot... Awwwugh...

I am sorry but this is totaly a Muppets Popcorn 3D moment...

[Shinigami-Sama]

If i knew it would appease them I would format my entire HARD DRIVE... How ever I don't have my hard Drive thanks to the FBI's through search methods They Broke the damn thing hooking it up to a ghost image machine that did layer tracking or some crap... Brand New 1 TB Hard Drive gone to the pot... Awwwugh...

I am sorry but this is totaly a Muppets Popcorn 3D moment...

how the crap do you break it putting it in a ghoster?
we let high school kids do it and they've never broken more than one in a year

[Ajax_Undone]

:scared:I don't know but I gave /they took a perfectly good HD and they gave me a box of parts:angry:

[Ajax_Undone]

It was a WD My Book Deluxe Hell i opened it right after I purchased it a month ago... Damn tinker that I am... and all was well I stored about 64 DVD/movies/no extras on it to use with DVD Displayer... and boom Broken...

[neuron2]

I don't believe any of this. Post a scan of your summons or other hard proof, or I will delete the thread since fairy tales are off-topic.

[Ajax_Undone]

I don't believe any of this. Post a scan of your summons or other hard proof, or I will delete the thread since fairy tales are off-topic.

I am sorry you feel that way...

Its not a fairy tale and believe me I feel the untruest and maybe if this is you way out then fine Nuff said Delete it...

All I was interested in was info on what to do...Now I have it fine, No Need to fead the fire any longer...

I am not coming here for advice ever again... Obviously truth can't be herd on any level with out the COPout's coming in to bust the place up...

Wait wait...

I got one Doom9.org a place for free speech as far as it gets... USA pwned...

Bu-Shiite-terror Plot...

:angry:

Piss off pig... I'm outa here!!!

[neuron2]

LOL. He's lawyered up but came here for info on what to do.

I'll think I'll just close this because the OP has exposed his true self and agenda.