Comments on: P2P Lawsuits Gone Wild

By: rob8urcakes

rob8urcakes — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:08:14 +0000

The law of CopyWrong needs to change to reflect the modern World of economics, society and technology.

Businesses need to realise they’re limitations and cease being so stupidly litigious against people who share for free.

Lawmakers, governments and courts will eventually come to realise these copywrong industries have fooled everyone except the filesharer – and they’re not going to like looking in the mirror and seeing the fool stare back at them with sorrowful eyes.

We have the power and we have the numbers of people to ensure this inherent injustice will be stamped out once and for ALL.

By: Shyster-buster

Shyster-buster — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:24:08 +0000

C,
Denial will end you up in court if pursued. Claiming innocent is denial. That is a controversy and controversy is the purview of the court system. At a minimum, an “invitation” to the court will have you line a defense attorney’s pockets with that strategy. As a plaintiff, an offer to pay upon presentation of sworn proof of claim (i,e first hand knowledge of the facts) based solely upon IP addresses and other online activity is an impossible leap. So then, one uses their very own rules of civil procedure to shut them down. Also, ignore ANY invoice or bill and you’ll get a summary judgement against you after 30 days have lapsed. That’s what they and all bill collectors hope the recipient does. Silence = tacit agreement. Now pay up.

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By: C

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:06:42 +0000

No problem. First DO NOT reply to the initial letter. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE make any promise to anyone to pay ANYTHING under ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. If and when you HAVE to reply, plead INNOCENCE. CLAIM they have made a mistake in regard to your IP address. If they persist, hopefully you use a SHARED computer, as they would then have great difficulty pinning it down to you. AGAIN though DENY you or anyone else in your household has downloaded anything illegal. The ONUS OF PROOF remains with them…..

By: Shyster-buster

Shyster-buster — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:39:50 +0000

Threatening letters and invoices are shots in the dark, fishing expeditions. If I were a targeted file sharer who got such a letter, the response for me would be quite simple. A nice “thank you for your letter” and the following would suffice—A ‘promise to pay upon presentation of a signed and sworn claim of injury’ and a reqest for the name of thenoffendng party. Thus we remove all controversy and no controversy = no court jurisdiction (there’s no argument for any judge to hear). Those 40% who pay up could have a little fun if they think they’ll have to pay up eventually. They may get a surprise as they become harder targets. Even if the plaintiff could claim injury, they must produce the offender and they have to prove which person of the household committed the alleged damage (i.e keep your f-in mouth shut!). These law firms are as slimy as debt collector law firms which are just as easy to chase off. You discuss any merit, you enter into presumption of contract. Offer to pay up if they can swear to it, under penalty of perjury ( See Matthew 5:25 for more ancient guidance), and that the named party created the alleged injury. Piece of cake….
Notice: THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE. Actually, no defense attorney would advise such a procedure as this would rob them of income..

By: Ch

Ch — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:21:59 +0000

If they ‘hit’ us hard, I suggest WE hit them even harder….

All terrorists should target MULTI-MILLIONAIRES not ordinary in the street people….

The general public should start MASS RIOTS against the very wealthy, preferably right by their houses….

If any record or distributors property/buildings get badly damaged….

ETC

By: Bubba

Bubba — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:09:48 +0000

I like to download out of print and expired copyrighted books. Even so, my paranoia keeps me behind encrypted OpenVPN and roving worldwide servers.. Make’em work for it.

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By: Cynical Bastard

Cynical Bastard — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:33:18 +0000

Ha, a way to turn “illegalities” into profits. What a novel and new…. oh.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:28:27 +0000

I can’t believe the law lets itself get abused for “pay up or else schemes” like that. And have they learned nothing from the ACS-LAW scandal? Where 5000 names of people, their ip’s, credit card numbers, home address and connected pornographic titles were uploaded to a public web folder by accident. And these were not mild titles, including Grannyxxx ect. A complete privacy fiasco! These firms are not privacy experts nor respected businesses. They are sharks with little to no respect for the end user.