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30,000 UK ISP Users Face Threat Letters For Suspected Illegal File Sharing

Posted by timothy on from the my-god-it's-full-of-laws dept.

Mark.JUK writes with this excerpt from ISP Review: "Solicitors at ACS:Law have been granted approval by the Royal Courts of Justice in London to demand the private personal details of some 30,000 customers suspected of involvement with illegal file sharing from UK broadband ISPs. The customers concerned are 'suspected' of illegally file sharing (P2P) approximately 291 movie titles, they now face threatening demands for money (settlement) or risk the prospect of court action. It's noted that 25,000 of the IP addresses that have been collected belong to BT users."

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  1. Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Under Sharia Law these infidel thieves would have their hands cut off; much harder to steal if you don't have any hands. Muslims are violent subhumans.

  2. Flamebait by Le+Marteau · · Score: -1, Troll

    Is it 1984 on that motherfucking island of yours yet?

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    1. Re:Flamebait by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      Did you bother reading the FA? Of course not, this is /.. If you had, you would see that this is legal sabre rattling. Certainly no worse than the RIAA taking children to court in the US.

    2. Re:Flamebait by sopssa · · Score: -1, Troll

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    3. Re:Flamebait by JWSmythe · · Score: 1, Troll

      Check back in 3 years and 1 month. :)

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  3. Thank gawd I use FTP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Seriously, I've downloaded movies and TV shows using plain old (and I mean old) FTP. When am I going to get my letter?
    I hate this protocol-specific gnashing of teeth...if you're downloading illegally, it doesn't matter what protocol you're using.

  4. Re:It will never end by sopssa · · Score: 0, Troll

    But will you actually do anything about it? It's easy to just shout loud works and then go back to watch the latest blockbuster movie you've just pirated because it's "free speech".

    btw, internet itself is a decentralized network, so what would building an another one help?

  5. Re:go on, complain, I dare you by grumpy-old-git · · Score: 0, Troll

    If your car is caught in a speed trap while it was being stolen and joyridden you can't just say "I wasn't driving it" and not do anything about it! you're going to have to prove that it wasn't you in the car, and without having at least reported the theft of the car, that could be difficult.