My 100th post - A Special Post on IPFI / DMCA

Dear friends,

I'd like to share the following experience - it's my 100th post(!):

I've got the following mail by MediaFire yesterday:

The file "African 90.852 - Orchestre Conga de Bokelo.zip" has been suspended
Dear MediaFire User:
MediaFire has received notification under the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") that your usage of a file is allegedly infringing on the file creator's copyright protection.

The file named African 90.852 - Orchestre Conga de Bokelo.zip is identified by the key (6zvu8rbsci79q7a).

As a result of this notice, pursuant to Section 512(c)(1)(C) of the DMCA, we have suspended access to the file.

The reason for suspension was:

March 11, 2012 MEDIAFIRE.COM Ref: C9037018 Re: http://www.mediafire.com/?065bkc40toyhno5 http://www.mediafire.com/?14aodo74fh01gf5 http://www.mediafire.com/?1hk3x3q89nv7x2o http://www.mediafire.com/?1ibv0twfki96uu5 http://www.mediafire.com/?27dc0dgens2y8v7 http://www.mediafire.com/?30tfj39auyafbmq http://www.mediafire.com/?31o453xd4x54k5y http://www.mediafire.com/?32rraxubk8c3dkp http://www.mediafire.com/?3ug0ifppqiv2yna http://www.mediafire.com/?3yr5uw9r7t7woga http://www.mediafire.com/?41u3b415aoz06t2 http://www.mediafire.com/?4tie3jm1opljmne http://www.mediafire.com/?55iijd9rsundd4b http://www.mediafire.com/?580nva52nk2c6fh http://www.mediafire.com/?5aeu9o7cyc09v9p http://www.mediafire.com/?5pp1z1hleucy1oh http://www.mediafire.com/?6zvu8rbsci79q7a http://www.mediafire.com/?7135mj19ypf29g8 http://www.mediafire.com/?7lcjs79gs150t68 http://www.mediafire.com/?7lcjs79gs150t68 http://www.mediafire.com/?86igd27z4m27681 http://www.mediafire.com/?87y9a79ro4p28og 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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 WOODKID, ALEXANDRA STAN, NIRVANA, KID SISTER, CHASE AND STATUS, FRENCH MONTANA, VANESSA CARLTON, LEIGHTON MEESTER, GORILLAZ, EVERY TIME I DIE, KELLY CLARKSON, PERFUME GENIUS, JESSIE J, LLOYD BANKS, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, MICHAEL KIWANUKA, THE GO SET, DARRELL SCOTT, RED CAFÉ, ??, 2PM, 4MEN, ????, AKON, G.NA, ADELE, DRAKE, EPICA, KEANE, USHER, VAANA, SOUND GIRL, CHILDISH GAMBINO, WALK OFF THE EARTH, GARBAGE, WESTLIFE, ARIANA GRANDE, MAROON 5, DANIEL POWTER, JENNETTE MCCURDY, ALEXANDRA BURKE, MADONNA, A.N.JELL, MOHOMBI, DJ KOO, DR DRE, GRIMES. 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 10 Piccadilly London W1J 0DD United Kingdom Email: Notices@ifpi.org
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I decided to contact IPFI with the following lines:

Please inform me on the owner of the copyright for music on the above mentioned 7" single.

Thank you in advance.

Some hours later they gave me this answer:

Dear Sirs

We believe after investigation this artist belongs to Soukous African Music

Thanks
IFPI

What's Soukous African Music about? Who is this?

My next question:

Dear Sirs,

thank you for your immediate reaction. But I can't identify "Soukous African Music" as a legal entity owning copyright on Johnny Bokelo's music.

Sincerely

And their answer:

Dear Sirs

We do not cover this artist therefore we are unable to help

Apologies

Thank you
IFPI

I didn't want their help. But I didn't want that they delete my files!

I'll re-up and hope that this will be a single case!