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Originally Posted by TheMaster
isn't that exactly what some of these anti-piracy firms are doing?
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In the UK a disgusting company called Davenport Lyons did exactly that. It was bloody clever, in terms of entrapment and extortion. They worked with a company called Digiprotect. They would get a content owner to sign rights over to Digiprotect to be able to seed content onto a filesharing network. Davenport Lyons would then look at the trackers and get the IPs of the people sharing the file, contact the ISPs and get their IP bill payers' info. Then send them a blackmail letter extorting money. Different companies, see, so it's all OK and not at all illegal or entrapment.
It happened to be
hardcore gay porn they made the most money with.
Because people were too embarrassed and paid to avoid exposure, albeit fraudulent exposure.
Google will give you more on this.