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Originally Posted by stocktrader23
By the way Rochard, yes you can sue anyone you want in the USA. Want to know what you can't do though? Sue EVERYONE with just an IP address and shit for proof and get away with it for long. If you don't think they will clamp down on spamming lawsuit threats you are crazy. Also, the comments Steve has made here are enough to get him and his lawyer in a world of hurt. I'm still in schock that he had the balls to post details of his blame and shame campaign here, I assure you that a judge would not be pleased with it.
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Seems to me like they are doing it - over thirty thousand times. Using an IP address they can establish guilt (or the assumption of guilt) and sue everyone they "believe" who illegally downloaded content. Out of thirty thousand cases, only two failed to settle out of court.
Your thinking "all they had was an IP address". The truth is that they sued the file sharing services and got IP addresses plus matching account info. Chances are they can match up an IP to the name, address, and email account of the end user.