The U.S. Copyright Group (USCG) has been in the news a lot as of recently, by sending out subpoenas to 5,000 BitTorrent users who illegally obtained a copy of The Hurt Locker and other movies. Turns out, the USCG is now being labeled “pirates” as it appears the lawyer group has stolen, and still currently being used in an altered form, a competitor’s website.
TorrentFreak says that the USCG website listed its competitor’s phone number and the same copyright text located at the bottom of the page. When contacted by TorrentFreak, the Copyright Enforcement Group had no idea that its website had been blatantly stolen and copied.
“Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We are not associated with the US Copyright Group and they are not authorized to use Copyright Enforcement Group materials,” said a Copyright Enforcement Group representative.
The representative also told the website that the USCG would be receiving a cease and desist order from the Copyright Enforcement Group.
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