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Pretty odd that they found this.

It's not odd.

When Coinye came out, Kanye West jumped on it like hot spring just because it sounded like his name, and included a logo didn't even belong to him.

That's different though. That was something that travelled by word-of-mouth fuelled by a load of media - it was in your face and easy to detect.

The FIFA situation is some relatively small-time alt making use of an image that infringed on terms within FIFA's branding. Having just been on their website it is possible that it was found through use of n-grams.

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Quote from: mprep on July 17, 2014, 11:06:35 AM

Pretty odd that they found this.

It's not odd.

When Coinye came out, Kanye West jumped on it like hot spring just because it sounded like his name, and included a logo didn't even belong to him.

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Keep it dense, yeah?

Quote from: Cryptopher on July 17, 2014, 07:35:36 AM

Just saw this article whilst on my lunch break: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/28344335

I wonder if they have a crackdown push around the time of the World Cup.

Might be. They could just be increasing the hidden bounties for each correct case and/or the overall influx of content regarding FIFA logically would include more people using FIFA's copyrighted material.

I'm surprised that they the creators of the design didn't have the Mercedes legal team look into the usage of this design, particularly due to the huge commercial interest in Formula One.

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Quote from: Cryptopher on July 17, 2014, 07:35:36 AM

Just saw this article whilst on my lunch break: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/28344335

I wonder if they have a crackdown push around the time of the World Cup.

Might be. They could just be increasing the hidden bounties for each correct case and/or the overall influx of content regarding FIFA logically would include more people using FIFA's copyrighted material.

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Keep it dense, yeah?

Just saw this article whilst on my lunch break: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/28344335

I wonder if they have a crackdown push around the time of the World Cup.

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Quote from: Lauda on July 17, 2014, 02:44:23 AM

Quote from: shorena on July 17, 2014, 01:16:38 AM

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NetResult routinely monitors the entire Internet, including peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, UGC sites, public and private forums, blogs, newsgroups, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC).

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This is why the Deep Web is much more fun. Snooping around there is pointless for them. Cheesy

IRC, private forums, etc. is considered Deep Web [1] . The term Deep Web is bullshit IMHO. "Deep Web" is just "what can not be found on google". If you are refering to the Tor network, I am sure they have people there as well. Why do you think they hire students? Well they are cheap, but usally they also know where to find stuff.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Web

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Quote from: shorena on July 17, 2014, 01:16:38 AM

Probably similar to the content mafia. They hire companies to do the "research" which in turn hire students to download and listen/watch/etc. to mp3s/movies/etc. all day. Usually these companies are given a certain song, movie or artist to research within a few days and findings are rewarded with a bonus to the company. Most of them do not give any bonus to the employees, most of the time they do not even know there is one. The results are transfered to certain law firms that specialize on these cases.

NetResult [1] [2] apparently does the same but also handles brands.

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NetResult routinely monitors the entire Internet, including peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, UGC sites, public and private forums, blogs, newsgroups, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC).

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Incorrect usage or serious abuse of brands and trademarks

[1] http://www.nr-online.com/solutions.php
[2] http://www.nr-online.com/solutions_how_works.php

This is why the Deep Web is much more fun. Snooping around there is pointless for them. Cheesy

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Quote from: Lauda on July 16, 2014, 05:35:53 PM

Quote from: mprep on July 16, 2014, 11:56:23 AM

Maybe there's a hidden bounty for exposing such copyright infringements? For example, somebody reported something to FIFA, was correct and got some kind of reward so they try to get another one again.

Possibly and most likely. It's either someone who's employed or there's a hidden reward. I guess even FIFA will be watching Bitcoin, if they haven't already..

Probably similar to the content mafia. They hire companies to do the "research" which in turn hire students to download and listen/watch/etc. to mp3s/movies/etc. all day. Usually these companies are given a certain song, movie or artist to research within a few days and findings are rewarded with a bonus to the company. Most of them do not give any bonus to the employees, most of the time they do not even know there is one. The results are transfered to certain law firms that specialize on these cases.

NetResult [1] [2] apparently does the same but also handles brands.

Quote

NetResult routinely monitors the entire Internet, including peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, UGC sites, public and private forums, blogs, newsgroups, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC).

Quote

Incorrect usage or serious abuse of brands and trademarks

[1] http://www.nr-online.com/solutions.php
[2] http://www.nr-online.com/solutions_how_works.php

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Quote from: mprep on July 16, 2014, 11:56:23 AM

Maybe there's a hidden bounty for exposing such copyright infringements? For example, somebody reported something to FIFA, was correct and got some kind of reward so they try to get another one again.

Possibly and most likely. It's either someone who's employed or there's a hidden reward. I guess even FIFA will be watching Bitcoin, if they haven't already..

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Quote from: Cryptopher on July 16, 2014, 11:51:47 AM

Quote from: mprep on July 16, 2014, 10:56:49 AM

Quote from: jaberwock on July 16, 2014, 05:05:16 AM

Quote from: mprep on July 16, 2014, 10:56:49 AM

Pretty odd that they found this.

Google image search has its downsides I guess.

May be, but seriously it's not easy to find just pic all over the internet.

Maybe it rank high on seach engines when fifa searched it's keywords or maybe someone reported it to fifa.

Or maybe they just hired a guy to look for such images. Or maybe some user reported it to FIFA.

Yeah they will outsource a team to lookout for infringement of their trademarks and such, but it is very possible that it was reported by some other employee within FIFA and passed on to the relevant department.

It could be somebody not related to FIFA who wants to set GoalCoin back (for all their success), and simply reported their usage of trademarked images. Who knows, but the actions and offer to recover other information is a fair response.

Maybe there's a hidden bounty for exposing such copyright infringements? For example, somebody reported something to FIFA, was correct and got some kind of reward so they try to get another one again.

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Keep it dense, yeah?

Quote from: jaberwock on July 16, 2014, 05:05:16 AM

Quote from: jaberwock on July 16, 2014, 05:05:16 AM

Pretty odd that they found this.

Google image search has its downsides I guess.

May be, but seriously it's not easy to find just pic all over the internet.

Maybe it rank high on seach engines when fifa searched it's keywords or maybe someone reported it to fifa.

Or maybe they just hired a guy to look for such images. Or maybe some user reported it to FIFA.

Yeah they will outsource a team to lookout for infringement of their trademarks and such, but it is very possible that it was reported by some other employee within FIFA and passed on to the relevant department.

It could be somebody not related to FIFA who wants to set GoalCoin back (for all their success), and simply reported their usage of trademarked images. Who knows, but the actions and offer to recover other information is a fair response.

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Pretty odd that they found this.

Google image search has its downsides I guess.

May be, but seriously it's not easy to find just pic all over the internet.

Maybe it rank high on seach engines when fifa searched it's keywords or maybe someone reported it to fifa.

Or maybe they just hired a guy to look for such images. Or maybe some user reported it to FIFA.

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Pretty odd that they found this.

Google image search has its downsides I guess.

May be, but seriously it's not easy to find just pic all over the internet.

Maybe it rank high on seach engines when fifa searched it's keywords or maybe someone reported it to fifa.

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Pretty odd that they found this.

Google image search has its downsides I guess.

May be, but seriously it's not easy to find just pic all over the internet.

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