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Monday, June 22, 2015

$RIHT ~ Rightscorp is pursuing an estimated $2.3 billion opportunity and has monetized major media titles through relationships with industry leaders.







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Business Description


Rightscorp (OTCQB:RIHT) monetizes copyrighted Intellectual Property (IP). The Company's patent pending digital loss prevention technology focuses on the infringement of digital content such as music, movies, software, and games and ensures that owners and creators are rightfully paid for their IP. Rightscorp implements existing laws to solve copyright infringements by collecting payments from illegal file sharing activities via notifications sent through Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The Company's technology identifies copyright infringers, who are offered a reasonable settlement option when compared to the legal liability defined in the Digital Millennium Copyrights Act (DMCA). Based on the fact that 24% of all internet traffic is used to distribute copyrighted content without permission, Rightscorp is pursuing an estimated $2.3 billion opportunity and has monetized major media titles through relationships with industry leaders.



What We Do

Rightscorp uses software that monitors the global Peer‐to‐Peer (P2P) file sharing networks to seek out and find illegally downloaded digital media.

On behalf of digital media copyright owners, and working in conjunction with major Internet Service Providers (“ISPs”), we automatically send out copyright infringement and demand notices to users who have illegally downloaded digital media.The violators remit payment to Rightscorp for the copyright infringement and Rightscorp makes payment to the copyright owners.

Many infringers who do not pay are disconnected by their ISPs. Rightscorp's technology system monitors the global Peer‐to‐Peer (P2P) file sharing networks and sends emails to ISPs using the notice format as specified in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act with the date, time, song title and other specific technology identifiers to confirm the infringement by the ISP’s customer.



Under Federal Copyright Law, once the ISP has actual knowledge of copyright infringements that take place using its network, it has specific duties in relation to the enforcement of the rights of the owners of the material in question.

Every ISP is required by law to enforce a policy that provides, in appropriate circumstances, for termination of internet service to subscribers who become repeat infringers.  Your ISP’s terms of use (or similar user agreement) probably specifically states that it can terminate your service if you violate the copyrights of others.

One way that an ISP can satisfy its own legal obligations is to facilitate its subscribers’ compliance with copyright law – including by terminating subscribers who repeatedly violate copyright laws.



When the ISP notifies its subscriber of an infringement (by passing along Rightscorp’s notice), the customer is advised that based on current laws, the user who receives a notice is liable for up to $150,000 in damages. But if they click on the link supplied, the customer is able to remit payment to Rightscorp who passes on a percentage to the copyright owner and the particular instance of copyright infringement can be settled between them and the copyright owner quickly and affordably.




Pay a Notice

If you have received an email notice from your ISP with a subject that starts with "Unauthorized Use of Copyrights Owned Exclusively by..." we have determined that a computer under your control has unlawfully uploaded, downloaded or offered to distribute copyrighted content without permission of the copyright holder.

You can make the payment and receive a settlement from the copyright owner by clicking on the link in the email you received.

If the link does not work just cut and paste it into your web browser.
 




Why Did I Receive a Notice?

It is a violation of United States Federal Law 17 USC 106 to "share" our clients media on peer-to-peer "filesharing" programs like BitTorrent, uTorrent, Vuze and Frostwire or similar applications.  These programs copy and distribute the files that they "share."  A copyright means that the copyright owner has the sole right to determine who may copy and distribute the copyrighted works.

If you receieved a notice, then a computer located at the internet address that the notice is addressed to, has uploaded, downloaded or offered to distribute the copyrighted content detailed in the notice which clearly identifies the name and type of material, the time the offence occurrred, the IP Address and Port of the originating location.

The computer at issue is not authorized to distribute this content.  Accordingly, any distribution is a violation of law.  The content is owned by our customer and the customer has authorized us to monitor illegal sharing/distribution of this content.

It is the subscriber’s responsibility to assure that his or her connection is being used lawfully. Specifically, to make sure that any wireless routers have passwords to prevent unauthorized access and that houseguests and family members are using the connection lawfully.
 





My Internet service has been shut off, how do I get it restored?

Once you pay your settlement fee on this website or over the phone, we will notify the ISP that you have settled the matter with the copyright owner.
I have never downloaded any music or movies from the Internet, why did I get this notice?

We have communicated with a computer using the IP Address listed in the notice. In order to maintain their "Safe Harbor" from copyright infringement liability, your ISP is required to demonstrate that they have a policy for terminating repeat infringers. As a part of that process, the ISP forwards our notices to you.

You may have a family member who installed peer-to-peer software on a computer that uses your internet service without your knowledge. In rare cases, you may have had a neighbor use your wireless internet connection if there is no password on your wireless router. Most internet service provider contracts state that the contract holder is responsible for actions taken on their internet service.
What is an IP Address?

Every machine on the Internet­ has a unique identifying number, called an IP Address.

See http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/question549.htm
What is my IP Address?

Click on this link to see your computer's IP Address.

http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip-lookup
What is the IP Address shown does not match the IP Address on the notice?

Occasionally, your ISP may change the IP Address that your computer uses. Your ISP has verified that at the time your computer was used for copyright infringement, it was using the IP Address stated in the notice.
 




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