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Oct 01
2009

2M2MM episode 7 - Not here

Posted by: trinita

Tagged in: poker , Online Poker , Live Poker , 2M2MM

trinita

Hi all I was ready to put the seventh part of the show, waiting like so many for its appearance somewhere on the internet. Then I decided to stop streaming this poker show. Since this started, pressure on people in the poker internet world have been made constantly in the way to stop "ilegal" files or streaming.

This started with Pokerbay.org that stopped to offer the torrent file, maybe a first for a torrent site dedicated to poker show.I think we can agree there s a big difference between streaming a top box office movie and this show but.. for obvious reasons, they decided not to take the risk to do it anymore.

Few by few, you could see that it was getting more complicated every weeks to find this, except maybe on pokertube that has probably a juicy deal with them, since they can.. good for them.. in this world you can do everything with money right? Nothing new here. 
Regarding me and my little crappy site, I was targeted, for some obscures reasons, by their legal services. Since my others site is/was hosted in US, it didn't took so long before they got it shutdown. This happened twice: first I was hosting files ,then just because I was using the embed code. This second option seems "ilegal" too in the US internet law. 
So I gave up with this server and decided to use this little place, since it's hosted in France. Curiously, I didn't receive any mail from my hosting company (the biggest in France) ordering me to remove it. Seems like it's not so easy to act in an international way. 
But I did receive a mail sometimes ago, I believe like a week ago but I only saw it today since I dont often check this mail. Looking at my friend site alwaysbluff.com that was linking to me, he apparently had to desist too. And since I personally don't even watch the show (I didn't even look at the latest episode yet), since I am a poor person, I decided I already did all I could for the poker community and I am not willing to put myself in risk in any way, so said that, I am just going to stop streaming this on here.

Here is the mail I am talking about. For europeans like me, we don't really know who Comcast is but if you ask to americans, it sounds a really bad idea to go against their will. 

"I write on behalf of G4 Media, Inc. (“G4”) and represent G4 with respect to its intellectual property matters. It has come to our attention that the website at www.freepokerbankroll.org is streaming episodes of 2M2MM created by G4 and originating from G4’s website at www.g4tv.com without authorization (the “Materials”). The unauthorized Materials include those at the following link:

http://www.freepokerbankroll.org/2M2MM-Ep-5.html

G4 is the exclusive owner of the copyrights in the Materials, and the posting and distribution of the Materials constitutes willful infringement of such copyrights entitling G4 to injunctive relief and monetary damages. 
Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §512(c), G4 hereby notifies you of the aforementioned infringement, and requests that you immediately remove the Materials from your website. 
It is my understanding that the above information is accurate, and I hereby swear, under penalty of perjury, that I am authorized to act on behalf of G4’s infringed rights. 
Further, G4 has a good-faith belief that the use of its copyrights in the Materials is not authorized by G4, its agent(s), or the law. 
Please respond within two (2) business days indicating that the Materials have been removed.

My contact information is below. 
Thank you for your anticipated and timely cooperation in this matter.

Sincerely, Tami C. Solomon"

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