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Ministry of Sound Silenced By Huge DDoS Attack

By enigmax
on October 4, 2010
C: 137

Today, lawyers Gallant Macmillan will attend the High Court in London in an attempt to persuade a senior judge to order the handover of hundreds more identities of people accused of file-sharing. To mark this occasion, Operation Payback decided to hit the London law firm but after they tried to…

Anti-Piracy Lawyers Face DDoS Before Pivotal Court Decision

By enigmax
on October 2, 2010
C: 138

Undeterred by the online destruction of ACS:Law, UK lawyers Gallant Macmillan will head off to the High Court on Monday to demand the identities of hundreds more people they claim have been detected sharing files online. While the ISP that holds the identities says it will resist the demand and…

Yet More Lawyers Jump on Turn Piracy Into Profit Bandwagon

By enigmax
on July 12, 2010
C: 100

As the U.S. struggles with the prospect that thousands of file-sharers will receive threatening letters in the now-famous Hurt Locker lawsuit case, over the pond in the UK there is a continuing escalation of the 'turn piracy into profit' bandwagon. A new firm of lawyers has entered the market and…

UK ISPs Successfully Resist File-Sharing Data Handover

By enigmax
on October 4, 2010
C: 77

In the High Court today, UK ISPs BT and Plusnet refused to hand over subscriber data to lawyers acting for independent record label, Ministry of Sound. Their objections followed the catastrophic subscriber data leak from ACS:Law two weeks ago. The hearing was adjourned until January 2011.