Fake Warner Music Email Threatens Top Torrent Uploaders

Several active uploaders have received threatening emails, purportedly from the Warner Music Group. Filled with spelling and grammar errors and sent from an masked address outside of WMG, it is almost certainly not from the company. But it caused concern among active uploaders. The email:

via TorrentFreak

Full text of the email:

Dear User,
Warner Music has recieved a mail from your Internet Service Provider (ISP) that you are been evolved in sharing copyright materials on torrents sites. And we are going to take some strict actions against you for sharing our (c) copyright material. If you are ready for settlement then delete all our (c) copyright materials and delete your account from all torrent sites.
If you have any question regarding this notice, you can send a letter or email to:
Warner Music UK Limited
Legal Department
The Warner Building
Warner Music UK Limited, The Warner Building
27 Wrights Lane
London
W8 5SW
Sincerely,
Warner Music UK Limited
Ignoring the email would result in legal actions.

Bruce Houghton on 09/11/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Happy Birthday to You, Mildred J. Hill, music industry, Patty Hill, record label, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, University of Louisville, Warner Music Group, Warner/Chappell Music

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The question is why aren’t intellectual property companies sending letters like this, with proper grammar and spelling?

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