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What are cease and desist letters?

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What are cease and desist letters?

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If your income is only through Social Security or Veterans Affairs we write cease and desist letters to debt collectors at your request, to “write off” or “waive” the debt. The debt may be eliminated but it will still reflect as bad credit. Some debts can not be waived, such as IRS, court ordered debts, or child support.

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Copyright owners including the RIAA, the MPAA, HBO, and Paramount sometimes send letters to universities claiming that a computer connected to our network is infringing on their copyrights. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) passed in 1998, Brandeis University is legally required to disconnect these computers from the Internet until their owners tell us that they have removed the infringing files. “Cease and desist” letters mention an IP address, which is a unique number that identifies a computer on the Internet. Brandeis University attempts to match the IP address to a person, whom we inform about the letter. The company that sends the letters does not know who owns the IP address, and Brandeis University does not tell them. On the third “cease and desist” letter a computer belonging to the same person, LTS refers the case to the Department of Student Life’s Office of Student Development and Conduct. “Cease and desist” letters do not involve legal action, although it i

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