Re: Legal threats from FTPPro

Man ,

What can I say :)
These dudes are completely insane !


2006/12/29, Fyodor <fyodor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Pardon the off-topic post, but I felt this should be recorded in the
> archives.
>
> FTPPro sent me the appended email demanding that I remove a Bugtraq
> posting from 2000 or "provide the contact information for [my] legal
> department".  Ironically, the message they demand I remove is a bogus
> legal threat that they sent to someone else!  They threatened an FTP
> server admin with DMCA violation because they think one of his users
> connected with an improperly registered version of their FTP client!
> Apparently their FTP software secretly sent users' login information
> (at least the username and server IP) back to FTPPro corporation.
>
> FTPPro does not dispute the factual accuracy of the original email.
> Instead they say I should remove the email because it is
> "un-American".
>
> Anyway, here is the message they are complaining about:
>
> http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Jan/0419.html
>
> And here is the "response" they sent back then, demanding that Bugtraq
> "immediately remove FTPPro from your Newsgroup/Mailing List
> distribution":
>
> http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Feb/0037.html
>
> And here is their new message to me:
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:49:17 -0800
> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0)
> From: FTPPro <ds@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: fyodor@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: hostmaster-seclists@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Please remove unauthorized content from seclists.org
>
> X-No-Archive: yes
>
> Please reply to confirm that you are the correct contact for seclists.org.
>
> I am sending this email to resolve an issue that occurred seven years ago,
> pertaining to the following webpage:
> http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Jan/0419.html
>
> For the following reasons, please remove this webpage from your website:
>
> 1. The original email contained additional text which was not reproduced
> on
> your website, including the copyright notice that is also shown at the
> bottom of this email, and the 'X-No-Archive: yes' header.
>
> 2. You will notice that the original copy of this email was submitted to
> BugTraq by Cedric Armand, who runs "cedric.net". Search the search engines
> for "Cedric Armand crack" or "cedric.net crack", and you will find that
> the
> person who submitted this email to your list on 1/28/2000 is a known
> advocate of "Crack" websites which distribute illegal copies of software
> over the internet. I'm sure you would not want your website to knowingly
> support the actions of people like this. Please notice his quote "the US
> and
> all of this junk has no meaning whatsoever in 99% of the world", which
> appears to be a rather un-American statement.
>
> I understand that you do not normally remove messages from your archive.
> However, I'm sure you will agree that the facts concerning this situation
> warrant an exception to that rule.
>
> If you are unable to remove this content from your archive, then please
> provide the contact information for your legal department.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Sabine Schmidt
> FTPPro.com
>
> This email is protected by U.S copyright laws. It may not be copied or
> reproduced in any form without the express written consent of the author.
>

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