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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
So one company has stopped this practice.
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That's right. The largest, most public company that pioneered this blackmail letter idea have stopped it. No one else I am aware of in the UK is doing it. So finally, the ridiculous idea of blackmailing end-users has been stopped. Huzzah.
They've been doing it for years and year years, Paul. They did it for videogames, that industry then sacked them. They tried movies, got sacked again. Then they tried porn, and once again, sacked. It seems the sensible people realise that suing end users is a bad idea, and now they've simply run out of verticals to approach.
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
It seems every few days I see an announcement on Xbiz of more people suing Bit Torrent users downloading pirated porn.
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Yes, it's because they want to get known, get famous, get their press releases out. At the panel on this subject I was on at interNEXT a very good point was raised. That if this is about stopping piracy, which everyone would want to do, then why not go after the rippers and uploaders? You can find those guys just as easily, if not more so.
Think about this.
It's obvious. Because it's not about stopping piracy. It's about making money.
The leaked letters from ACS: Law that you can find in one google search prove this.
So, all the press releases are about is advertising the ambulance chasing lawyers really.
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Suing the innocent is bad. Suing the guilty is good.
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Wow. We agree on something! Pigs must be flying.