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Received a Letter From Golden Eye International? Help is at Hand

Any minute now a company called Golden Eye International (GEIL) will start sending out letters to users of the UK ISP O2.

These letters will accuse the person who pays the bill on the O2 Internet account of downloading and sharing various adult movies produced by UK porn outfit Ben Dover.

The idea behind the letters is simple: to get the account holder to admit to copyright infringement and force them to pay a cash settlement of a few hundred pounds to make a largely imaginary court case disappear.

If this was in the United States the only help for people wrongly accused by outfits such as GEIL would come from expensive lawyers. In the UK it’s different.

As detailed in our earlier article, Citizens Advice are standing by to offer help. But that’s not the only source of assistance available.

A little bird pointed TorrentFreak towards a brand new resource located at www.igotagoldeneyeinternationalletter.org.uk.

Currently the site is in its early stages but we have it on very good authority that it will soon become the focal point for anyone wishing to fend off Golden Eye and its Ben Dover porn paymasters.

Those who remember the Speculative Invoicing Handbook, the UK’s ultimate guide for fending off wrongful accusations of illicit file-sharing, should definitely pay particular attention to this new resource.

More on this in the days to come.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Don-Dilly/1624894683 Don Dilly

    Geil know they don’t have a case and their letter is carefully worded not to imply they do yet they demand money for a case they could only win by default, ie a no show. Their letter amounts to demanding money with menace  ie extortion. Rather than writing back to them I would have thought a trip to the local police station to file a criminal complaint would be more in order.

    Like Crosslet before him, the only people they are likely to even consider taking to court are those that dont reply as in those cases they would hope to get a win by default ie their case is uncontested.

    Even if you have downloaded one of their films, you are under no obligation to admit it, just write back saying ‘see you in court’

    In the unlikely event you are taken to court, you are under no obligation to admit anything. They are the ones that have to prove their case which is something they cant do.

    • Gueat

      I’d suggest writing back to GEIL to either notify them that you’ve filed a criminal complaint against them, or to deny that you downloaded one of their pornos and threaten to sue them if they don’t immediately cease and desist their defamation against you. 

      Remember, actually going to court is the last thing these fucking criminals want.

      • http://twitter.com/dartigen Dartigen

         Would it be defamation or harassment? Or both? (The more you can get them on, the better.)
        Certainly it’s a good idea to copy the letter to give to police or a lawyer in the event that they attempt to continue proceedings. (Nobody has gotten a letter yet, so it’s hard to say if they’d still try. They’re probably hoping most people’s prudishness and embarassment will make them settle out of court.)

        I wonder if the ISP has a valid legal complaint to make as well…

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=676827475 Luke Solis

    ok, bend over!

    isn’t it better not to replay to those letters?

    • Jimbo

       from what i understand, not replying to them is basically taken as an admission of downloading their stuff. best to write back, as stated in another post, denying the accusation and informing them that a complaint for harassment and false accusation has been raised with the police.

      • http://torrentfreak.com/ Rob8urcakes

         No Jim!!
        Deny NOTHING.  Admit to NOTHING.  Tell them NOTHING.

        Don Dilly got it 100% right.  Respond to them by stating quite simply, “See you in Court.”

        Simples.

        • Bob

          A reply is required. You need to either accept or deny the claim. That’s the minimal requirement of pre-action procedure. If you haven’t done that and a claim does ever get raised in court then you’d be on shaky ground.

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  • Yardie

     ”best to write back, as stated in another post, denying the accusation
    and informing them that a complaint for harassment and false accusation
    has been raised with the police.”

    Don’t forget to add that any further correspondence received from GEIL will be taken as agreement to be charged £120 administration charges for processing and replying to each and all forms of communication including but not limited to letters, emails and telephone calls.

  • ofProto

    First Demonoid now this wow just wow.

  • al

    I’m sure it must be frustrating to realize the only reason people acknowledge your produt is because they get it for free. On the otherside I’m not sure extortion through the law is the best way to handle the situation, considering that a good deal of the advertising for your product, is word of mouth.

  • Anonymous

    Oh more copyright trolls abusing james bond titles, not good.

  • thegeek

    demonoid had removed the user thingy from the site some time ago if I recall

    and besides that ,, read this 

    http://www.techworld.com.au/article/433018/demonoid_return_uncertain_after_law_enforcement_action_ukraine_mexico/

    nothing is for certain with demonoid  ;)

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