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P2P Pre-Settlement Letters In Germany May Have Been Illegal; Lawyer
Who Reveals This Threatened With Lawsuit
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| There have been plenty of legal questions
| over the activities of a small group of
| companies in Europe, including law firm
| Davenport Lyons, ACS:Law, Logistep and
| Digiprotect among others -- who all seem to
| work together to purposely put files online
| that they have licensed, and then send
| threat letters to the owner of any IP
| address that connects to them. This leads
| to a fair number of totally bogus demands
| for people to pay up to avoid getting sued.
| Apparently, the business is quite
| profitable, even as no actual lawsuits have
| been filed.
|
| [...]
|
| After a German lawyer, Thomas Stadler,
| reviewed all this and posted his analysis
| saying that the efforts in Germany were
| clearly illegal under German law (Google
| translation from the original) , the German
| lawyer who had sent the original document
| (the leaked one, detailing how these
| operations worked), Udo Kornmeier sent him
| a cease-and-desist letter (again, Google
| translation from the original), demanding
| he take down his blog post that showed the
| whole operation was illegal. Apparently,
| lawyers who may be breaking the law in
| Germany don't like other lawyers exposing
| them...
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091204/0924437205.shtml
Recent:
Lords raise fears over Digital Economy Bill
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| Several members of the House of Lords have
| raised fears over elements of the
| Government's controversial Digital Economy
| Bill.
|
| The wide-ranging bill covers everything
| from the future of Britain's broadband
| network to measures to deal with illegal
| file-sharing to broadcasting regulation.
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/broadband/353842/lords-raise-fears-over-digital-economy-bill
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