Torrenting Ubuntu is not only an a-okay thing to do, but it’s something that the people who make Ubuntu (and own the Ubuntu copyright) actively

American ISP Sent Customer DMCA for Downloading Ubuntu

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2021-05-27 11:00:08

Torrenting Ubuntu is not only an a-okay thing to do, but it’s something that the people who make Ubuntu (and own the Ubuntu copyright) actively encourage.

“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,” the letter received reads.

It goes on to instruct them to “search all devices that may be connected to your network for the file(s) mentioned […] and delete them”.

This is not the first time that the copyright lobby’s egregious tentacles have overreached, slathering Ubuntu in pursuit of a proper target. It’s also unlikely that a decision making human was involved at any stage of ‘detecting’ this supposed infringement. It’s got ‘automated’ written all over it.

The letter even says the copyright holder, which in this is case Canonical, or an agent working on their behalf was involved in detecting the infringement.

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