ACS:Law Now Using Dubious Legal Theories To Threaten Slyck.com

Courtesy Techdirt  Mon, 03/22/2010 - 05:35

Just last week, we were talking about how UK firm ACS:Law, who has been condemned by UK politicians and ISPs, was still pushing forward with its efforts to send out tens of thousands of threatening "pre-settlement" letters.

These letters attempt to scare recipients into paying up to avoid a potential (though rarely filed) lawsuit claiming copyright infringement, based on quite weak evidence (an IP address collected by DigiProtect after DigiProtect purposely puts a file online).

The whole thing has...

Tags:

 

More related items

Suing Blind and One Legged Pirates is Bad PR
When in court it is the job of the defense lawyer to cast doubt on the credibility of the prosecution's case. Finding and highlighting those details which show the defendant to be misleading...

Law Firm Asks Alleged File-Sharers To Incriminate...
After sending out thousands of letters to UK Internet users who have allegedly infringed their clients’ rights, lawyers ACS:Law have a couple of cracks appearing in their armor....

Bad Publicity Forces Lawyers Out of Anti File-Sharing...
Following the likes of Davenport Lyons and more recently ACS:Law, lawyers Tilly Bailey & Irvine (TBI) made their first steps into the file-sharing settlements market this year. Since TBI...


 

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
computer-internet.marc8.com