Dear Sir/Madam,
I am contacting you on behalf of the International Federation of the
Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the record companies it represents. The IFPI
is a trade association that represents over 1,400 major and independent record
companies in the US and internationally who create, manufacture and distribute
sound recordings (the ?IFPI Represented Companies?).
Under penalty of perjury, we submit that we are authorized to act on behalf of
the IFPI Represented Companies in matters involving the infringement of their
sound recordings, including enforcing their copyrights and common law rights on
the Internet.
We have learned that your service is hosting the above web pages on your
network. These web pages are offering direct links to files for other users to
download containing sound recordings by the artists ABBA,TRAIN,KACEY
MUSGRAVES,STEP BROTHERS,MARKUS SCHULZ,THE BEATLES,NATALIA KILLS,PITBULL,FLO
RIDA,3BALLMTY,HARDWELL,TAYLOR SWIFT,FLUX PAVILION,ALICIA KEYS,WILL I AM,FIFTH
HARMONY,NINE INCH NAILS,T.I.,CHERYL,CARRIE UNDERWOOD,MICHAEL
BUBLE,NICKELBACK,TAKE THAT,TONY BENNETT,CHRIS BROWN,ARIANA GRANDE,LINKIN
PARK,BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB,SEAN PAUL,NIRVANA,EMINEM,ALEJANDRO SANZ,JENNIFER
LOPEZ,BOYZONE,SCOUTING FOR GIRLS,EMPIRE OF THE SUN,BREATHE
CAROLINA,SHOWTEK,PARIS HILTON,ANGEL HAZE,DRAKE,CHER,50 CENT,DON OMAR,DAVID
GUETTA,BLACK SABBATH,AUSTIN MAHONE,KID INK,M.I.A.,R5,THE SATURDAYS,NAUGHTY
BOY,JOHN LEGEND,GLORIA ESTEFAN,JESSIE J,JUANES,SHANE FILAN,NICOLE
SCHERZINGER,SLIPKNOT,ALIZEE,IAMAMIWHOAMI,NICK JONAS,DAVID BOWIE,TOKIO
HOTEL,COLBIE CAILLAT,MARIAH CAREY,SIMPLE PLAN,RITA ORA,U2,JOHN NEWMAN,MARTIN
GARRIX,NE YO,ALESSO,ONE DIRECTION,TIMBALAND,FLUME,BOB MARLEY,BAD RELIGION,JAMES
BLUNT,MEGADETH,JAY SEAN,BROKEN BELLS,ATOMS FOR PEACE,WISIN,USHER,FALL OUT
BOY,MUSE,ANNA ROSSINELLI,DEADMAU5,PARAMORE,IGGY AZALEA,CELINE DION,JENNIFER
HUDSON,PLAN B,5 SECONDS OF SUMMER,AVICII,ZEDD,LORDE,MAT ZO,VARIOUS
ARTISTS,AVRIL
LAVIGNE,LIMP BIZKIT,GLEE CAST,SUB FOCUS,DEMI LOVATO,FRANCO DE VITA,RED HOT
CHILI
PEPPERS,KELLY CLARKSON,CARLY RAE JEPSEN,MILEY CYRUS,SAM SMITH,YOUNG
PROFESSIONALS,THE ROLLING STONES,THE BLACK KEYS,SAMMY ADAMS,PRINCE ROYCE,KATY
B,TAMAR BRAXTON,ROBIN THICKE,SUSAN BOYLE,AFI,FOO FIGHTERS,ELVIS,PINK FLOYD,LANA
DEL REY,CALVIN HARRIS,COLDPLAY,JASON MRAZ,CHRISTINA PERRI,ARMIN VAN
BUUREN,PHARRELL WILLIAMS,A GREAT BIG WORLD,JENNIFER NETTLES,JUSTIN BIEBER,DAFT
PUNK,LEONA LEWIS,JUAN MAGAN,DECADE,JESSICA SANCHEZ,KEANE,EXAMPLE,JOHN
MAYER,MICHAEL JACKSON,BASTILLE,JIMI HENDRIX,OLLY MURS,GWEN
STEFANI,LOGIC,INDIA,MIGUEL BOSE,MARK RONSON,PIXIE LOTT,BARBRA
STREISAND,SIA,PEAKING LIGHTS,B.O.B,ENRIQUE IGLESIAS,COUNTING CROWS,KATY
PERRY,SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA,ZIGGY MARLEY,FOSTER THE PEOPLE,TONI BRAXTON &
BABYFACE,M I A,REBECCA FERGUSON,JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE,SAGE THE GEMINI,ALEX
GAUDINO,THE CIVIL WARS,BRIT SMITH,SCHOOLBOY Q,THE KILLERS,OWL CITY,T-PAIN,KYLIE
MINOGUE,DISCLOSURE,NEON TREES,ROBBIE WILLIAMS,PAUL ANKA,LAURA
MARLING,LUDACRIS,ZENDAYA,NE-YO,DUCK SAUCE,NICKY ROMERO & NERVO,FERGIE,BIG
TIME RUSH,WILKINSON,PLACEBO,PAUL MCCARTNEY,THE TING TINGS,PABLO ALBORAN,BOB
DYLAN,STEVE AOKI,AFROJACK,MAROON 5,ELTON JOHN,SHAKIRA,MY CHEMICAL
ROMANCE,JARABE
DE PALO,YOU ME AT SIX,DIDO,LADY GAGA,BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE,YELLOW CLAW,ELLIE
GOULDING,KINGS OF LEON,FRENCH MONTANA,SELENA GOMEZ,RIHANNA,LMFAO,MGMT,LEA
MICHELE,OWL CITY & CARLY RAE JEPSEN,OASIS,DIPLO,JAMIE N
COMMONS,QUEEN,TYDI,TYGA,ROMEO SANTOS,ELLA HENDERSON,TIESTO,BRYAN
ADAMS,FOXES,KREWELLA,BRITNEY SPEARS,BIRDY,PSY,GARY BARLOW,FUTURE & MILEY
CYRUS,HYPER CRUSH,ONEREPUBLIC,FEFE DOBSON,THE WANTED,HUGH LAURIE,ARCADE
FIRE,MIKA,HAVANA BROWN,SNOOP LION,RUDIMENTAL,BINGO PLAYERS,NONONO,NICKI
MINAJ,JAMES BLAKE,A$AP FERG,AZEALIA BANKS. The copyright in these sound
recordings is owned or exclusively controlled by certain IFPI Represented
Companies.
We have a good faith belief that the above-described activity is not authorized
by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. We assert that the information
in this notification is accurate, based upon the data available to us.
We are asking for your immediate assistance in stopping this unauthorized
activity. Specifically, we request that you remove the infringing links from
your system or that you disable access to the infringing links, and that you
inform the site operator(s) of the illegality of his or her conduct.
Our top priority is to prevent the continued availability of the IFPI
Represented Companies? content on the internet. Unauthorized copies of sound
recordings that are freely available, especially pre-release recordings, cause
substantial damage to the IFPI Represented Companies every hour and day they
remain available. In sending this notice we are seeking to ensure that
infringing content is removed from the internet as quickly as possible through
your cooperation. However, please note that we do not admit that we or the
IFPI
Represented Companies are responsible for detecting infringing material and
notifying you of it.
Our use of a notice in this form, as required by you, is meant to facilitate
your removal of the infringing material listed above and we neither admit nor
accept that you are a 'service provider' for the purposes of the DMCA or that
it
is necessary to serve, or that you are entitled to be served, a notice in
compliance with the DMCA. IFPI itself and on behalf of the IFPI Represented
Companies expressly reserves all rights in this regard.
In addition, this notice does not constitute a waiver of any right to recover
damages incurred by virtue of any unauthorised activities described in this
notice, and such rights as well as claims for other relief are hereby expressly
reserved.
You may contact me at IFPI Secretariat, 10 Piccadilly, London W1J 0DD, United
Kingdom or email
Notices@ifpi.org, to discuss this notice.
We await your response.
Sincerely,
Jeremy Banks
Director, Internet Anti-Piracy
IFPI
