ARR MATEYS!!!!!
This does indeed victimize the consumer because like people have mentioned this causes a lot of harm to people that may have been spoofed. Also this business model CANNOT succeed in the long run.

PIRATE HUNTER ZORRO!!!!
Piracy, all kinds, is an economic activity. Eventually a business model will emerge that will drive piracy DEEP underground. It will not be nearly common because it just wont be worth it. Itunes getting rid off DRM was a sign of the apocalypse for piracy. Eventually all media will shift over to a consumer friendly format and piracy will cease to be a problem. Our cause isnt noble please dont try to act like it is ;).

http://www.solicitorsfromhell.co.uk/

And besides, what is the point of trolling a pro-filesharing blog when most of those who regularly read it are going to ignore you anyway?

As for the lawyers at ACS:Law, one of whom is named Andrew Crossley, there’s a good chance they will be sanctioned or even disbarred. SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority) in the UK has been flooded with complaints about him and his company’s behavior.

The way DigiProtect operates is really asinine and so damn hypocritical. The MAFFIA needs to be kicked in the wallet, and they hide their wallets down the front of their underwear. So lets kick ‘em hard.

Even worse than the previous guy I rated. 18/100.

Ive seen many illegal acts from various corporations the problem is most of these attorneys methods arent worth crap because they arent asking the right questions to the right people. Put the person who collected the information on the stand and question his method of data collection especially if that user had a firewall.

I have yet to see an attorney bring up that the defendant had multiple firewalls, AV software, Anti-Malware and Spyware programs running on thier PC and then question these parties with how can you correctly identify them as being the file sharer when they have layers of security without circumventing that security that is in place.

Once you show they are circumventing personal security your going to start opening them up to lawsuits.

Now I just download stuff because it’s the closest I can come to spitting in the face of the MAFIAA. Buying something is simply not an option. Why would you finance the enemy in a war on your people?

Downloading torrents is really satifying, every time utorrent makes that little “download complete” sound, I picture the face of some MAFIAA scumbag and laugh.

I used to be a little shady about my downloading, but nowadays I encourage all my friends and family to do the same, and I make sure to inform them of the disgusting behavior of the entertainment industry.

My advice:
Don’t pay, don’t be afraid and don’t be threatened…Keep file-sharing alive. WE WILL WIN THIS FIGHT!

They should never have picked a fight with their customers… the poeple! Especially ones they can’t win.

define illegal …sharing files is not illegal :)

Right, but there is the question of what you are talking about because if it is about an imaginary product that have no physical form it is not stealing.

You have now just confirmed to us all that your not just a fanboy but one of these parasites. And as such all your words and comments will be treated in the same respect.

Face it your a parasite like the lawyers and such in the company stated in the article and when your gone from this earth the entire human race will actually improve in standing nothing will be lost or missed.

Wow that’s actually quite sad to know that by simply existing your bringing the entire species down a notch.

-Jay

with there so called family and community values brought to shreds. and exposed for greedy buggers that they are.

i just loved it when that guy name and shammed that davenport and lyons twit hehe he will be paying the rest of his life with his family reputation shattered now to get his psedo lawyers like him barred and locked up for all time.

hell to the hatters and their supporter’s and family/friends may their blatant lies be exposed for all to see.

1: They take control over certain copyrighted material.

2: They go on file sharing sites and get the ip’s of people who share from them.

3: They sue the people who the ip’s point to, even if they have been spoofed OR rather they threaten to sue.

4: Profit

….BUT WAIT 4 is wrong as they are the copyright holders and as they went on file sharing networks and shared the files to acquire the ips of other people they are in fact legitimising the file been shared.

Its like this imagine a band goes to a high street and starts handing out there music burned to black cds to people on the street they then find out who they are and sue them for acquiring there music illegal as the blank cds are not official products, well to bad as the band itself was handing them out everyone who acquired one gets off scot free as the cd’s are official as its the band giving them out, its does not matter if they went to someone else on the same street who was not part of the band and got some of the bands other music on blank cds the bands gripe can only be with the people who they have cds out to.

Now before anyone comes and says that its different on the net than the high street think on this the companies suing people and making adverts are saying that copyright infringement is stealing a physical action so as such my example above carrys over as they have mixed the real world and the virtual one already.

-Jay

Seriously? Go jump off a cliff already and make everyones life easy. Don’t forget to write your social insurance number on your arm to save police the hassle of identifying you.

RT
http://www.real-privacy.net.tc

That being said, I don’t have a problem with downloading things. There are many legit reasons to do so, from evaluation to the fact that copyright has been distorted beyond recognition. You should try to help the creator of anything you really like in some way, with the easiest being financially.