{"id":580857,"date":"2010-05-27T02:11:59","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T06:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/articles\/20100526\/1135459585.shtml"},"modified":"2010-05-27T02:11:59","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T06:11:59","slug":"acslaw-asks-those-who-deny-infringing-to-incriminate-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/580857","title":{"rendered":"ACS:Law Asks Those Who Deny Infringing To Incriminate Themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"

ACS:Law, the UK-based copyright threat letter operation that has been called a “scam”<\/a> by UK politicians and condemned by ISPs alike, is apparently using a new tactic. The operation, which is apparently being investigated for potential disciplinary action (like Davenport Lyons, whose lawyers have been disciplined<\/a> for initiating the “pre-settlement” mass letter campaign, and which has some sort of connection<\/a> with ACS:Law), seems to know that the “evidence” it has isn’t enough to actually take anyone to court, so if you reply and deny the infringement, ACS:Law sends you a questionnaire effectively asking you to incriminate yourself<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of course, there’s no legal obligation to reply, just as there’s no legal obligation to pay, based on such a “pay up or we’ll sue” letter. TorrentFreak notes that, despite all of this, people are still paying, even though not a single case has gone to court. No wonder we have multiple copycat operations<\/a> showing up in the US. Extortion-like processes are apparently quite profitable. I’m sure that’s exactly what the folks who created copyright law in the first place were thinking of in their creation: a system to send out thousands of threat letters demanding payment to avoid a lawsuit. It’s all about promoting the “progress” of a few copyright lawyers, you see…<\/p>\n

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