peer media technologies founded 2001 defunct 2009 headquarters new york city new york united states parent safenet 2005 2009 artistdirect 2009 website www.mediasentry.com mediasentry was a united states company that provided services to the music recording motion picture television and software industries for locating and identifying ip addresses that are engaged in the use of online networks to share material in a manner said organizations claim is in violation of copyright . their most notable customers were several trade associations including the motion picture association of america and international federation of the phonographic industry . the company provided several services for this purpose such as monitoring popular forums for copyright infringement aid in litigation early leak detection and the distribution of decoy files . 1 mediasentry also monitored auction sites such as ebay for unauthorized distribution of software and other property . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit on 13 june 2005 mediasentry was acquired by safenet . 2 safenet sold the mediasentry division to artistdirect in april 2009 . 3 in late 2007 the university of oregon represented by oregon attorney general hardy myers refused to provide information on its students to the riaa questioning the tactics used by mediasentry in one of its investigations . 4 the next year central michigan university accused mediasentry of violating its students privacy 5 after the company ignored a ruling that it was illegally operating without a private investigator s license . 6 in january 2009 the riaa canceled their usage of mediasentry for undisclosed reasons . 7 in august 2009 artistdirect restructured mediadefender and mediasentry creating peer media technologies . see also edit mediadefender markmonitor references edit mediasentry services safenet secures mediasentry deal artistdirect announces acquisition of mediasentry . global newswire . april 2 2009 . liptak adam december 31 2007 . in the fight over piracy a rare stand for privacy . the new york times . central michigan university files music industry gripe . saginaw news . august 8 2008 . business as usual as mediasentry ignores michigan complaints . mcbride sarah january 4 2009 . changing tack riaa ditches mediasentry . the wall street journal . external links edit mediasentry homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mediasentry & oldid 741589855 categories copyright enforcement companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 september 2016 at 13 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view