Automated Legal Threats Turn Piracy Into Profit | TorrentFreak - The Diigo Meta page

• 04 Jul 09
  

  Patrick O'Keefe
  • Payartists
  • ‘Video Protection Alliance’
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  • • Their software monitors BitTorrent swarms and other filesharing networks and records the IP-addresses of those people who share the work of their clients. It then automatically sends an email to the ISP linked to the IP-address with a request to forward it to the associated customer.

    • However, there is one big difference. The emails sent out by Nexicon to alleged infringers contain veiled threats of legal action if they don’t choose to settle within 10 days.

      
      

      In their email they write that “it may be beneficial to settle this matter without the need of costly and time-consuming litigation.”

    • If you don’t settle they are “prepared to pursue every available remedy including damages, recovery of attorney’s fees, costs and any and all other claims that may be available to it in a lawsuit filed against you.” To make it even more scary, they point out that ISPs might cut your Internet connection if you don’t comply.
    • Unsurprisingly, very little happens when the threats are ignored. A Manhattan College employee dealing with DMCA notices wrote recently. “We have not passed the settlement info on to the students linked with the allegedly infringing IP address and have not had any follow up notices from them.”
    • This aside, we are not aware of any legal action taken by any of Nexicon’s partners to back up their threats. To the best of our knowledge they don’t even have a proper license to act as private investigators which is a felony in several US states and renders the ‘evidence’ they have in their spreadsheets useless.
• 30 Jun 09
  

  Jonathan Bailey

  118 piracy bittorrent

• 29 Jun 09
  

  Robert Marley

  Piracy watchdog Nexicon has found the ultimate way to turn piracy into profit for the fresh copyright holders added to their clientele. They offer alleged file-sharers the chance to settle for $10 per downloaded song or an equal amount for a pirated movie. If you decide not to settle, they promise to bankrupt you in court.

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• 28 Jun 09
  

  Alexandre Mateus

  piracy threat extorsion settlement isp nexicon 2009

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