London Lawyers Demand £600 For One Game

Barence writes "A PC Pro reader has received a demand for a £600 out-of-court settlement from lawyers claiming to have forensic evidence that he illegally downloaded a PC game on BitTorrent. The law firm, Davenport Lyons, is acting on the behalf of German games distributor Zuxxez, creator of the game in question, Two Worlds. The PC Pro reader was given no prior warning to stop file sharing, unlike the usual 'three strikes and you're out' approach adopted by the music industry. The reader says, 'To add insult to injury it [Davenport Lyons] didn't pay enough postage on the letter and I had to collect it from the sorting office at a cost of £1.30. This also used up most of the two weeks that it allowed for a response.'"

Comments

Re:Here's your warning:

[Chrontius]

Show me where I can still buy secondhand PC games.

Re:Slashdot.co.uk?

[Jaysyn]

I believe that trees are common property of everyone. It is good for the world and I don't care who's land it belongs on...thus anything made of wood should be up for the taking. Anyone that thinks something tangible should be property has shit for brains. Wow, that's the absolute worst analogy I think I've ever read.

There has to be a reason I don't come to Slashdot any more. It is pretty bad when Digg and Reddit has more mature comments these days... Don't let the door hit you on your way out.

Re:Failure on Postage?

[LandDolphin]

But then how else do you get free games?