now Redtube itself has turned to the dispute over warnings tens of thousands of German users. The operators of the porn site have allegations that users had committed by calling video streams copyright infringement and terminate on countermeasures.
Redtube: No Data released
In the opinion of media it is said that the Abmahnbriefe were unfounded and “violate the rights of recipients in a serious way” would, ITespresso.de quoted from the letter. Redtube has not issued any personal information. It is likely that these data were collected with illegal methods.
IP addresses may be illegally logged
Heise had previously reported that users had been rerouted while surfing on certain porn movies automatically and without their knowledge and in an intermediate step, the IP addresses are logged. Because until now is not known how the lawyer who submitted the requests for information to the IP addresses of the District Court of Cologne, has come to this data. He and the company responsible for the firm warnings indicate the use of a particular investigation software, the operation is not clear.
“blackmail German citizens”
RedTube-Vice-President Alex Taylor announced in the opinion also that it “has immediately taken action to do everything necessary to ensure that polluters pay for the damage.” The warnings were a “blackmail German citizens” and an “intrusion into their privacy.” Against the lawyer and the firm is already been determined.
respect for spam
Meanwhile freeloaders have hung on the warnings and started a wave of spam with false warnings. The annex contains sheep software. The authority responsible for the warnings firm Urmann + colleague has stated on their website that we are dealing with fakes in all e-mail messages. Redtube wants to take action against spammers and asking affected users to report under media@redtube.com. (Red, derStandard.at, 17/12/2013)
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