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In 2007, UK lawyers Davenport Lyons (DL) appeared on the anti-piracy (revenue generation) scene. Their clients employed anti-piracy tracking companies like Logistep to gather IP-addresses of users allegedly sharing video games, and used this info to get co …
Monaghan Media is an independent film company from Manchester, England. They produce films, shorts and other media. They also assist others in the industry by developing ideas and offering production advice and are currently providing graphics for our very …
ACS:Law, the outfit that at least appears to have taken over from lawyers Davenport Lyons in chasing alleged uploaders of 2nd rate games on file-sharing networks, have experienced another blow to their credibility. Their ‘evidence’ has been called into dou …
Over the past few months we’ve written a couple of dozen articles on the “three strikes” proposals that are lobbied for by the entertainment industries, or drafted into law by national governments. Those in favor of such measures argue that it’s the ideal …
A little bit of history. UK lawyers Davenport Lyons burst onto the anti-piracy enforcement/revenue generation scheme in 2007, a story originally broken here on TorrentFreak. Their clients – all second or third rate publishers – employed anti-piracy trackin …
Hustler Europe is getting on the “turn piracy into profit” bandwagon. It has recently hired anti-piracy tracking company Media Protector to start tracking down those who share Hustler videos online. Media Protector operates in a similar way to tracking …
For those that have been hiding under stone recently, here’s a summary. In a break from going after alleged games pirates, and what is being viewed by some as a cynical ploy to force ‘settlement by embarrassment’, UK lawyers Davenport Lyons have started ta …
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