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2015 Dallas Buyers Club - Singapore (Public Support Group)
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Channel NewsAsia Documentary (25mins) relating to Copyright Trolls, Speculative Invoicing, Torrent, Peer-to-Peer file sharing and more
Video: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/video/illegal-downloading/1781844.html
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《狮城有约》节目重温 4月16日
电影公司根据互联网协议地址，要求本地电信公司，提供非法下载电影的顾客资料。什么是互联网协议地址？怎么算侵犯版权法令？
Dallas Buyers Club related from 13:05 to 24:14 (11 mins): http://www.channel8news.sg/news8/ca/hellosingapore/episodes/20150416-hs-tx/1788588.html
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Specification for DBC-SG Support Group [DBC-SG] Crowdfunding Campaign (v2.0, July 2015)
A. Voltage Pictures ("Voltage"), an American film production house, has, through a local subsidiary Dallas Buyers Club ("DBC") and its solicitors Samuel Seow Law Corporation ("SSLC") sent letters of demand ("LODs") to many customers of local ISP M1, Singtel & Starhub [1,2].
B. The LODs alleged that the recipients (the "Affected Parties" or AP) have downloaded a movie, also called Dallas Buyers Club (the "Movie"), using BitTorrent ("BT") in an illegal manner, an open source P2P file sharing software. There are also others (the "To-be Affected Parties" or tbAP) that have yet to receive the letters as intel suggests that SSLC sent out the letters in batches.
C. There are several types [3] of Crowdfunding (i) Reward-based, (ii) Equity, (iii) Debt-based, (iv) Litigation and (v) Charity. The DBC-SG Crowdfunding Campaign is designed to be a variant of Reward-based + Litigation. The Perks/Rewards is outlined in (Section L).
D. The objectives of our DBC-SG Crowdfunding Campaign are:
To relieve the distress of both the AP and To-be AP. Relieving of distress of the AP & tbAP is through the availability of this Support Group and
* (i) funds to hire a defence IP lawyer for AP,
* (ii) negotiation for settlement where necessary,
* (iii) for hiring forensic expert to challenge DBC's digital evidence - involving Date, Time, Filename, IP address, Geolocation and a SHA-1 hash code
* (iv) educate AP the importance of IP & IT security.
E. A large part of the funds raised from the DBC-SG crowdfunding campaign shall be used to cover the costs in achieving the objectives see Section D. In terms of priority, achieving D.i & D.iv are highest priority, followed by D.ii and/or D.iii - largely depending on amount raised.
F. Only verified Affected Parties shall be the beneficiaries of the fund. Our verification process is outline here: http://dishonest.biz/forum/index.php/topic,37.msg138.html#msg138
G. Additionally, verified Affected Parties shall be required to:
* i) sign a letter of undertaking (regardless of whether AP has downloaded the Movie) that the AP will refrain from downloading any commercial movie by way of any illegal means in the future, and
* ii) attend a 3-hour Basic IP & IT security workshop.
H. 3-hour basic Computer Forensics, IT security & Intellectual Property Workshop:
* i) First hour: Covering the basics of Intellectual Property, in particular Copyright and the importance of respecting IP, and
* ii) Next 2 hours: Covering Computer Forensics processes, tools and techniques and basic IT security topics such as how the Internet works (eg. IP address, Geolocation, SHA-1 hash codes) and how to secure their computer networks. Participants will also be introduce to various legitimate avenues to the downloading/streaming of movies and music.[We are open to sponsorship opportunities from Training Providers (to conduct the workshop) & Venue owners. Feel free to explore full-sponsorship, partial-sponsorship possibilities with us]
I. There is a possibility of excess funds. Excess is defined as additional contributions above the Perk value. For example, if the Perk value is $49 and someone selected this Perk and contributed $100, the excess is therefore $59.
In the event that there is an excess funds, these options shall be open for public voting among the fund contributors:
* (a) Refund/Prorating the excess funds, or
* (b) Donating the excess refund to Community Chest of Singapore, or
* (c) Distributing the excess refund to AP who have settled with SSLC if and only if they have make contributions to the DBC-SG Support Group in one way or another.
J. Funds contributors may choose to be publicly acknowledged and the three means are: (a) by name, (b) by online forum name, or (c) anonymous.
K. Crowdfunding Campaign is on the Indiegogo platform.
L. The Indiegogo related 'Perks' for the funds contributors are:
* P1, $9: No Speculative Invoicing Statement: To make a statement that Speculative Invoicing is not acceptable
* P2, $49: Intel: Document on BitTorrent Copyright Trolling: Dallas Buyers Club LLC and its Speculative Invoicing World Wars
* P3, $99: Public Support Group: Creation & Hosting of a Public Support Group within the Dishonest.biz forum
* P4, $499: Intel Full: Compilation of Data/Info/Intel relating to DBC worth $499
* P5, $899: Private Support Group: Creation & Hosting of a Private Support Group within Dishonest.biz forum
* P6, $2999: Defence Computer Forensics Evidence: Forensic defense, source codes & evidence against Dallas Buyers Club LLC
M. Delivery Timeline & Condition
* P1: Immediate
* P2: December 2015
* P3: Upon conclusion of the Crowdfunding Campaign
* P4: December 2015
* P5: Upon conclusion of the Crowdfunding Campaign
* P6: Either after the 1st court case in Singapore or June 2016, whichever is earlier. There is a condition attached to P2, P4 & P6: P2, P4 & P6. The condition is such that these perks are only available to those without an interest in DBC LLC, ie. neither DBC related entities nor DBC appointed firms. Funders found to be associated with DBC LLC shall be barred from these perks with no refund.
O. The web link to the Crowdfunding Campaign is http://dhz.us/-/dbcf
References
[1] http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/more-singapore-stories/story/dallas-buyers-club-case-us-studio-calls-anti-piracy-laws
[2] http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/more-singapore-stories/story/studio-demands-compensation-more-500-people-here-who-dow
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdfunding#Rewards-based
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FAQ for DBC-SG Crowdfunding Campaign (v2.0, July 2015)
Q1. What are all these Copyright Trolls, Speculative Invoicing, DBC business all about?
A1: Check out an excellent online video documentary "Between the Lines" from CNA, http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/video/illegal-downloading/1781844.html
Q2: What is the background of this DBC-SG?
A2: See http://dishonest.biz/forum/index.php/topic,37.msg136.html#msg136
Q3: What is the website to the Crowdfunding Campaign?
A3: http://dhz.us/-/dhcf
Q4: Tell me more about the DBC-SG Support Group
A4: The DBC-SG Support Group was established on 11 April 2015 to provide assistance and support to the 500+ affected parties (less than 10% are verified).A private support platform was also established on 12 April 2015 where DBC related data/info/intel are shared among the verified affected parties
See: http://dhz.us/forum/index.php?topic=37.msg169
Q5: How can we contact you for more information?
A5: You may write to ipresearch70(at)gmail.com
You may also drop by our online Chat platform, http://dhz.us/-/dbchat
Q6: Who are involved in this project?
A6: An Exco team was initiated on 16 April 2015 as it became apparent that we need a team to support the Group in order for this effort to be sustainable. Exco team as at 28 April 2015:
* Chairwoman: Dr. T. Green
* Researcher: Caroline
* Indiegogo Team members & Online Chat Moderators: Caroline & Mel
* Others: Foxtrot, KingKong and TrinitySee: http://dhz.us/forum/index.php?topic=37.msg169#msg169
Q7: How can you be sure that the beneficiaries of the funds go to the Affected Parties?
A7: The verification process is outlined here: http://dhz.us/forum/index.php/topic,37.msg138.html#msg138
Q8: Based on the media reports, there are several hundreds of IP addresses that were deemed to be associated with the download of the Dallas Buyers Club movie, so why not let the Singapore Laws deal with it?
A8: "(a) National sovereignty - DBC/SSLC have set vague/arbitrary level(s) of compensation, which should be decided by the Court - not foreign companies. Some have brought up statutory backstops. However, it should be noted that these backstops DO NOT OPERATE IN A LEGAL VACUUM. They depend on case law that CANNOT BE UNIFORMLY APPLIED ACROSS DIFFERENT FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. Therefore, the efficacy of these statutory backstop(s) are UNKNOWN AND UNTESTED, especially because, apart from ODEX 10 years ago, this is a NOVEL LEGAL SITUATION.
(b) Privacy - the High Court should be discouraged from granting leave for pre-action discovery(ies) involving so many parties and so much highly private/personal information. This is one of the key goals - we should, whether affected or not, make a clear stand on this matter."
Q9: What is the target amount set for the crowdfunding campaign?
A9: The minimum is now set to $500 as per Indiegogo platform minimum amount. Higher amount raised will enable the team will aid the community in different ways.
Q10: Aid the community in what different ways?
A10: Depending on the amount raised, we would be able to help the community in the follow ways:
* i) Below $5,000: Funds will be used for defence legal fees & possibly settlement fees
* ii) Between $5k to $45,000: In addition to the previous, we will engage at least one computer forensic expert witness to identify the flaws in DBC forensic evidence & its chain of custody.
* iii) Between $45k to 50k: In addition to the previous, we will arrange for a public educational workshop on a related IP & IT topics. We may even be able to cover part of the airfare/lodging for overseas fund contributors.
* iv) Above $50k: In addition to the previous, if the fund contributors agree, we will be able to pay it forward by funding the other crowdfunding campaigns of DBC-US, DBC-AU, and DBC-OtherCty cases.
Q11: How will the funds raised be used to support the DBC-SG Support Group?
A11: To relieve the distress of both the AP and To-be AP. Relieving of distress of the AP & tbAP is through the availability of this Support Group and
* (i) funds to hire a defence IP lawyer for AP,
* (ii) negotiation for settlement where necessary,
* (iii) for hiring forensic expert to challenge DBC's digital evidence - involving Date, Time, Filename, IP address, Geolocation and a SHA-1 hash code
* (iv) educate AP the importance of IP & IT security.
Q12: I want to contribute but I have financial constraints. Can I contribute in-kind?
A12: It is the thought that counts and thank-you for your kind thoughts. You may contribute in-kind. One suggestion is to make a prayer in your own faith for all the stakeholders involved in the DBC-SG Support Group. Singapore is a multi-religion society. Any prayer in any faith is welcome, be it by a Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Catholic, Buddhist, Taoist, ... every prayer counts.
Q13: What if you run away with the fund raised?
A13: One should live this life creating virtuous actions and refrain from non-virtuous actions. I have no plan to create non-virtuous action by running away with the money. Moreover, integrity is a value that I cherished a lot and it it is most irrational of me to destroy my integrity by running away with the funds raised be it $20,000 or $20 million.
Remember David Rasif - a high profile and competent ex-lawyer in Singapore, he cheated his clients of over S$10million. http://dishonest.biz/forum/index.php/topic,47.0.html
Many of these criminals do not understand this, while they can run away with lots of money and probably never get caught in this life; these criminals will still have to answer for their crimes in the next life. For atheists who are laughing at me now, keep on laughing because the distress and torment that people like Rasif have inflicted on their immediate family members during the first few months is probably unbearable.
Q14: Will the accounting of the funds be made public or private?
A14: It will be made public through this website: http://goo.gl/fua0gA
Additional tools may be introduced as we progress.
Q15: After reading the FAQ, while I am financially able to contribute $2 to the crowdfunding campaign, I am still unsure that the fund raised will benefit the verified Affected Parties within the DBC-SG Support Group.
A15: I understand, thank-you for your consideration and you may contribute in-kind.
Q16: Is there any safeguard in place to ensure that the appointed lawyer will not over charged?
A16: I will review the bills with selected DBC-SG Support Group Exco team.
References
Singapore, (2015), "Singapore Statutes Online - 63 - Copyright Act", Retrieved April 14, 2015, from http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/aol/search/display/view.w3p;ident=3b65c903-dd82-467d-ab99-9fcc1ef79a33;page=0;query=DocId%3A%22e20124e1-6616-4dc5-865f-c83553293ed3%22%20Status%3Ainforce%20Depth%3A0;rec=0
TSIH. (2012), "The Speculative Invoicing Handbook, Second Edition", Retrieved April 14, 2015, from goo.gl/6TsNVy
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We have set up an Exco for the "DBC-SG Support Group" and is currently on a Recruitment Drive.
* Chairwoman: Yours Truly
* Social Media / Facebook Strategists
* Media Strategists
* Researchers (Unlimited Positions)
* Computer Forensics Experts
* Knowledge Management Managers
* Other Positions (open to proposals)
1. Positions are opened for nomination / self-nomination (via PM or public) but you will need to reference (via PM or public) your past postings / contributions (in HWZ or elsewhere) to support your nomination.
2. JD for each position is largely defined by yourself - let us know what you can contribute.
3. Affected Parties may also nominate themselves and need NOT inform any of the Exco team members that you are an Affected Party.
4. There shall be no physical meet-up nor exchange of telephone numbers.
5. All Exco interactions shall be virtual, secure and anonymous on a separate platform. More info on this platform at a later stage.
6. The list of Exco team members may be published in HWZ BUT we will leave it to the Exco members whether the team is to be anonymously make known to the public.
7. The Chairwoman has the additional power to retire any Exco team member.
8. Those interested and qualify may apply to us here support(at)dishonest.biz
Recruitment for Researchers [Unlimited Vacanies]
Job Description: Researchers shall be involved in the identification and gathering of global data, information and intelligence relating to Voltage Entertainment and Dallas Buyers Club and their Speculative Invoicing World Wars.
Requirements:
R1. Most important: Deemed to be trustworthy & reliable individual by the DBC-SG Support Group Exco team (past postings in HWZ is one indicator, among others)
R2. Pass the pre-application test which involved the reporting of at least 2 novel pieces of data, info or intelligence (eg. the reporting of #1 from 'Charlie')
R3. Good internet search skills is essential
R4. Access to various commercial databases (eg. Lawnet, Sciencedirect, ...) is advantageous but optional
Additional information:
A1. Researchers shall be compensated in the following way(s):
* (a) Karma/Brownie points from your Lord (for all faiths),
* (b) Atheist will earn goodwill and appreciation from the 500+ Affected Parties, Thousands of Affected Parties in other countries (past, present & future) and the HWZ/other communities,
* (c) unconfirmed honorarium from "Dr. Green's Foundation" when it is set up in the future (first targeted launch date is 2018).
A2. Those interested should only apply AFTER you have completed R2 (in the above).
A3. After you have completed R2, you may send me an email (with R2 deliverables), ipresearch(at)gmail.com
A4. Most of whom are not accepted would probably be due to R1 due to their prior HWZ limited postings. However, you may build your online credibility further through regular (constructive) posting in this thread or other DBC related HWZ threads.
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#1: Voltage Pictures (Nicolas Chartier) & TCYK, LLC, Dismissed in TN – Go Back To TX[/B] (updated 18 Apr 2014)
http://dietrolldie.com/2014/02/07/vo...-go-back-to-tx
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