Originally Posted by AdultKing

Eric removed a photograph that contained images of persons other than the target, however made it quite clear that all of the other information would remain, which it has.

This is a ridiculous claim, you can be sure that we will be working to have payment processing terminated, hosting shut down, domains seized, assets confiscated, persons prosecuted and many other forms of mitigation take place however to suggest we are doing this to continue piracy ourselves is both wrong and ridiculous.

Firstly this is not a witch hunt, this is a anti-piracy campaign chasing down copyright infringers. We wouldn't have to go after anyone if they weren't acting illegally.

Secondly we operate on a cost recovery basis and we are a long way from recovering costs. Copy Control was formed very early on, it was documented publicly, it's been referred to in this and other threads.

We've clearly laid out what we do, however I am glad to repeat it

1. Issue written correspondence to third parties (?Infringers?) who are infringing the Owner?s IP, including but not limited to, DMCA take down notices, infringement notices and/or cease and desist letters;

2. Request that third parties, including without limitation, payment processors, web hosting companies, ISPs, DNS server providers and domain registrars (?Service Providers?), take necessary steps to prevent infringement of the rights embodied in the Owner?s IP, including without limitation shutting down Infringers? websites or merchant facilities on Infringers? websites;

3. Make complaints to and liaise with law enforcement bodies with regard to infringement of the rights embodied in the Owner?s IP;

4. Generally represent the Owner to commercial, non profit and government bodies with respect to the ownership and protection of the Owner?s IP;

5. Undertake other reasonable steps as Copy Control considers necessary to prevent or cease infringement of the rights embodied in the Owner?s IP.

What we do is entirely legal, we have our own legal team, we have forensic accounting services, we comply with the letter of the law. Our representation agreement was formulated by one of the best boutique IP law firms in Australia.

We also have very good established ongoing dialogue with several law enforcement agencies around the world and an excellent working relationship with several payment processing companies.

I'd expect Crocko will not have Paypal much longer. You may have noticed that Rapidshare recently made a substantive change to their operation by limiting public access to files by bandwidth restriction. What you do not see is what is going on behind the scenes that is forcing companies like Rapidshare to re-think their strategy.

Which graph are you talking about ? I haven't posted any graph to show a 1% decrease of piracy. The most recent graphical image I posted showed that tubes do not rank in the top piracy sites as per the Google Transparency Report.

We are currently expanding the scope of our operations, you will see us targeting much more than just file lockers as time goes on. We are working to get rights holders represented right now, as we build representation we will have the ability to go after more forms of piracy.

Nobody is running ads and we do not operate for profit, we also operate for the benefit of the whole community here, so I do not see what your problem is with that ?

What you're saying is laughable, we barely make it from one month to the next, where exactly is the chase for profit ? The first official decision of Copy Control was that if there is an operating surplus it will go back into furthering the anti piracy effort.

It seems to be in the interests of those involved with piracy to smear us. The fact is that nobody has been paid other than the lawyers, accountants and service providers. We have several people who volunteer large amounts of their time into this effort and I for one have worked around the clock pretty much since late June when this started without receiving one cent.

To say that we are clearing the way for a bigger piracy player is ridiculous, it just shows the length to which those opposed to our effort will go to tarnish our work.