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Canadian File Sharing Plaintiff Admits To Copyright Trolling

Posted by timothy on from the ok-we-like-money dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Canipre, a Montreal-based intellectual property rights enforcement firm, has admitted that it is behind the Voltage file sharing lawsuits involving TekSavvy in what is described as a 'speculative invoicing' scheme. Often referred to as copyright trolling, speculative invoicing involves sending hundreds or thousands of demand letters alleging copyright infringement and seeking thousands of dollars in compensation. Those cases rarely — if ever — go to court as the intent is simply to scare enough people into settling in order to generate a profit. The Canipre admission is important because it is consistent with arguments that the case involves copyright trolling and that the Canadian Federal Court should not support the scheme by ordering the disclosure of subscriber contact information."

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  1. Yeah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    'speculative invoicing' I think the correct term would be blackmail.

  2. Fraud? by CheeseTroll · · Score: 4, Insightful

    IANAL, but why isn't this simply considered fraud, and prosecuted as such?

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    1. Re:Fraud? by realityimpaired · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Because, theoretically, there actually has been a crime committed in which they are actually the victims. As such, they have a right to defend their properties.

      Whether they actually intend to prosecute it is irrelevant, when considering whether they have an entitlement to do so.

      sucks, don't it?

  3. Re:the appropriate response by realityimpaired · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Absolutely not.

    I'm not worried about receiving a letter from them, but I absolutely do not want them to have my contact information at all. Who's to say what they're going to do with that information besides launch a bullshit lawsuit? They may still be able to make money off it, even if not a single suit gets filed.