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What do others think of ACS:LAW and their business plan?

Here is a short list of quotes from people regarding ACS:LAW and their "Business practice".  As can be seen from the diverse range of comment ALL critical of ACS:LAW this is in NO WAY "merely targetted by an Internet campaign" as ACS:LAW Chief Honcho Andrew Crossley claimed. 

These quotes are from Lords of the Realm, Industry leaders. the Music Industry, Consumer Watchdogs,  and there is even one from one Of ACS:LAWs own employees taunting a person whose friend had been targetted by one of their "Speculative Invoices"



Please Download the PDF version here acs law - what people think and of course post it around.  It IS the Truth.

ACS LAW and the "US Copyright Group"(He met in Cannes)

There is a bad smell that wafted into the lavish offices of ACS:BORE today,(joking, but hey ACS:LAW do that all the time!) as news broke of the impending return of Andrew Crossley from the Cannes Film Festival.  Although of course we have no proof he went, (he has claimed before to be a resident of Monaco!!!)

On his website he claims the following

Our time in Cannes proved productive and exciting for us and our clients.

New business relationships have been developed and established, enabling protection from illegal file-sharing on a global basis. A new joint working relationship with US-based attorneys has opened up the North American region to our clients for identification and pursuit of illegal file sharing of their products. ACS Law Solicitors has been able to forge new alliances with copyright owners, monitoring companies and other lawyers, strengthening our position as the pre-eminent law firm in the UK specializing in this rapidly expanding area of law.

We are also working in cooperation with a newly-formed organisation, the United Copyright Group, that provides an holistic solution to illegal file sharing and provides a comprehensive set of tools designed to deter and prevent illegal file sharing. More will be written about this new phase of tackling illegal file sharing in due course. 

Now of course this based on previous statements needs to be taken with an amount of salt not conducive to the good health of the average human.  However amongst the hyperbole of nonsense one thing seems laughably clear, ACS:LAW have joined forces with the much maligned and mocked US Copyright Group, derided for "copying" ACS:LAWs practice of mass mailing and scaring people into paying up for things they have not done.  Indeed the US Copyright Group or as ACS:LAW messed up ...... again and referred to them as the "United Copyright Group" are none other than "Dunlap Weaver and Grubb"  A group of Solicitors much like Andrew Crossley who rent out offices and try to look BIG.

Now what was that I told you all back BEFORE he went to Cannes? Posted on April 14th http://acsbore.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/acslaw-to-hit-the-cannes-film-festival-in-search-of-crap-films-to-extort-money-from/ Never say they arent Predictable!

Exciting times!!!!!!

ACS:LAW to Hit the Cannes Film Festival! In search of crap films to extort money from

Or "The Trough is dry so we will talk to people who have NO idea that we have NO good reputation"

ACSLAW to Hit the Cannes Film Festival!  Wow exciting times, Andrew Crossley must have made a LOT of money to weasel his way there. 

The chances of this idiot of course being thrown out of Cannes is quite high. NO respected Film Producer or production house is going to give him a second look.  Who will? Well films that are crap and that no one wants to watch. 

Who is Crossley working with regarding his “colleagues based in Europe and the United States”? Well if I had to hazard a guess at what smells the same in the US as this Crap in the UK it would have to be the “US Copyright Group” who has on its client list such films as “Steam Experiment,” “Far Cry,” “Uncross the Stars,” “Gray Man,” or “Call of the Wild 3D.” never heard of them? Well like I said that is because they are CRAP and don’t deserve to earn any money (Don’t believe me? Check out IMDB or the name of Far Cry Director “Uwe Boll”).  This is where the TRUE reasoning behind the “creating a revenue stream and monetizing the equivalent of an alternative distribution channel.” as US Copyright Group Lawyer Jeffrey Weaver recently commented, comes from.

You pick a game or a film or music, that is basically CRAP and does not sell much, rather than saying “Hey it’s a piece of Crap” they say, “the reason it has not sold is that people have copied it for free”.    They BUY the rights for P2P distribution of these AWFUL titles and then ANY IP that is caught in a SWARM is targeted, spoofed or not, they don’t care.  It is ALL money to them.  AVATAR of course did VERY bad at the Box Office because of all the free downloads!

Of course don’t fool yourself that this is actually JUSTICE, if there was ANY chance of it going to Court the actual claim would be DROPPED, see they don’t want a fight, OH NO they want to SCARE people into THINKING they will be taken to Court.  Don’t believe me? Ok, go find ALL the people that ACS LAW, Davenport Lyons or Tilly Bailey & Irvine have ACTUALLY prosecuted. Oh and Isabella Barwinska DOES NOT COUNT.  Go on, and please IF you do find someone please please email me, I will be VERY surprised.

 Oh and one last point, considering it was claimed that Isabella Barwinska was the FIRST person Prosecuted for file sharing in the UK, you could also go and see if you can find me a photo or any other info on this lady.

So I hope someone in Cannes spots this fat balding charlatan and takes some pics of him and his sidekick Terence.  You know where to send them…..

"Tilly Bailey and Irvine" Stop sending "Speculative Invoices" to save their Reputation

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Tilly Bailey and Irvine who started to emulate ACS:LAW in sending out "Speculative Invoices" to people asking them to "Pay up or be sued" have apparently halted their operations as it appears that the negative publicity is harming their other businesses.

Tilly Bailey & Irvine actually threatened to enforce the debt collection AGAINST the Property of the person accused.

"We estimate that collectively such costs would be several thousand pounds. In the event that you were not able to pay whatever sums the court may direct, our client would have no option but to take steps to enforce the debt against your property." 

Extract from   TBI letter

You can see the letter to one such person here (letter from Tilly Bailey & Irvine)  The Solicitors specialise in  illegally file-shared pornographic material copyrighted by Golden Eye (International) Limited.

I have tried to contact Tilly Bailey & Irvine, as have others with the same result, NO REPLY, indeed they have actually Blocked my Twitter account and my Youtube Channel.  This I find is a shame, as I am very courteous and polite and only want to know the truth and defend those who are falsely accused.  I do NOT believe that this is a way for a Solicitor to act.  Before you wonder why I believe they would respond to someone they believe is a "Pressure Group" I have also tried to contact them via straight email, but nothing.

I feel that it is NOT right for Tilly Bailey and Irvine to merely withdraw for COMMERCIAL reasons while still maintaining they were morally right in what they were doing.  IF they had apologised that would have been different.

We are left with a situation where Amanda Mitten with the collaboration of her Seniors has THREATENED peoples homes and livelihoods with NO EVIDENCE released, NO WAY for the person to defend themselves unless they bankrupted themselves to pay for a Solicitor.

This is why I believe Tilly Bailey and Irvine should NOT be allowed to rebuild their shattered reputation, UNTIL they accept that what they have done is "Conduct unbecoming a Solicitor" I hope the SRA will investigate.  To threaten to take someone’s home without evidence based on some foreign surveillance is an OUTRAGE.

One further amusing aspect of just how far they went to try to SILENCE their critics was this following extract regarding their attempt to "Vandalise" the Wikipedia Website

So, how do we know it was TBI doing the editing? Because they were smart enough to edit it from 195.153.132.204, the IP address registered to their company.

“Please do not remove sourced content from Wikipedia, as you did with TBI Solicitors — this is vandalism,” wrote a Wikipedia admin to Tilly Bailey & Irvine.

“Furthermore, your IP address geolocates to ‘TILLY BAILEY & IRVINE’ which suggests that you have a conflict of interest in removing criticism of the firm from Wikipedia. I suggest that you familiarise yourself with that policy before editing this particular article any further,” added the award-winning user, Rlandmann. From Torrentfreak Article.

 

So What do YOU think?

ACS:LAW Response to the DeBill being passed

The rather childish response from ACS:LAW as posted on their website.

ACS Law are delighted with the passing of the Digital Economy Bill through the House of Commons and welcomes a new age of prosperity for our creative industries. The swift and decisive action taken today will ensure that rights owners may now invest with confidence to deliver high quality media to the masses. 

This firm has always held the belief that the owner of the internet connection should be held, in the first instance, to be responsible for copyright infringement occurring on their internet connection. We are encouraged to see that the government are of a similar view. The Digital Economy Bill comes as a tragic blow to those who have failed in their misguided attempts to campaign against our work and similarly, those who believe that they can continually deprive hard working musicians, film makers and software companies of the revenue they rightly deserve without repercussion. 

In a short space of time, we have demonstrated sustainable and measurable results for our clients. As our client list grows, we continue to represent and work closely with rights owners to ensure that their intellectual property is protected. The future holds many new opportunities which this firm will capitalise upon, as we aim to multiply our successes through a new marketing initiative to take advantage of the Digital Economy Bill.

Time to pop the champagne cork and celebrate? We certainly think so.

So says ACS:LAW (Leaving aside the fact that he targets many innocent people with his $250 piece of crap monitoring software).  I will leaves their words hanging as they do, there is NOTHING I can say that would make them any more ridiculous than they already are.  I will also leave the last Word to Mr Crossley, regarding his clawing back money for the rightful owners.  "After my expenses the copyright owner is the largest single beneficiary," he said.

What he of course FAILS to mention is that in the ACS:LAW Business Model Logistep, Digiprotecr and now his own Friend LEE BOWDEN, BUY the rights to the material for a pittance and so make the money as the "Copyright Holder", nice work if you can get it, oh and of course you don't have a conscience.

Like a T-Shirt? DeBill Passed, Democracy NOT FOUND

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Now the Digital Economy has been pushed through and it is quite clear that the MP's are in the pockets of BIG BUSINESS rather than acting as OUR representatives, I thought I would post a little light relief.  I mean it is good to protest right? A RIOT is merely the language of the unheard....right?  Well man do I feel unheard right now.

I have ACS:LAW sending me their shite and threatening me with financial ruin if I dont cough up first £500 and now they want over a £1000, (although I do wonder if Mr Crossley knows that or if it is only Mr Tsang, you just cant tell these days) crooks Birds of a feather and all.  I have written dozens of letters and made even more phone calls, managed to persuade some BBC Journos to do a story about ACS LAW, Everyone seems to be saying that ACS LAW are WRONG,

Anyhows, where was I , ahh yes since Baron Madelbrot decided he would do the bidding of David Geffen and the rest of the Corporate world rather than those who elected him wante

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d, sorry? I forgot NO ONE elected this MORON did they? Well that makes it even WORSE.  Oh balls, I cant write anymore, this who clusterf%$k of a Government has REALLY got my goat.  here take a look at a couple of fantasy T-Shirts for fun.

British Government Bought by BIG BUSINESS?

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For all the THOUSANDS of people who contacted their MP's regarding the Digital Economy Bill, a more shameful display of arrogance can scarcely be remembered in the House of Commons as that was displayed yesterday.  With the whole FUTURE of our Digital Economy hanging in the Balance,  it was a sad day indeed for those who still believed in Democracy.

There can be NO doubt that our Business Secretary, Peter Mandelson has IGNORED the call of thousands if not MILLIONS of people to listen to the opinions of the TWO men pictured with him in the above Collage.  David Geffen, and Jacob Rothschild et all. 

It is a DISGRACE and that is all I can say about this situation, a debate held AFTER the Election was announced.

ACS:LAWs Terence Tsang the "Del Boy" of file sharing buys job lot of monitoring programs "Off the back of a lorry" to help out his Bosses Mate!

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With news breaking that the Paralegal Terence Tsang has bought code from a freelancer with a view to:  

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 “Create a bit-torrent client for me which will obtain details about file sharers of certain torrents. Server is Linux. The torrent client just needs to monitor IP addresses and take information which is then placed in a database,” writes Tsang in his request.  

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“The information needed is as follows: Host IP, Hit Date and time (GMT time), Provider network name (i believe whois search will help with this – can you think of a better way?), P2P Client, File name, File size, MD5 of file,”  

And also:  

 “So we need to get the software to monitor a number of specific torrents it needs to create a database of the above information. The database needs to be able to import into a database file like csv. I am only interested in UK IP addresses. Easy job if you have the skills,”   

It seems only right in light of ACS LAWs failure to release details regarding their “Monitoring system”, and the fact that ACS LAW Sole Partner Andrew Crossleys buddy and work associate Lee Bowden has entered the fray as a client of ACS LAW to do what they do best and SPECULATE, so here goes.  

Lee Bowden owns MEDIA C.A.T and The Text Works and is a Partner with Jay Puddy of Pirri LTD.  Although there is NO suggestion that Pirri LTD is involved with this but MEDIA C.A.T most certainly is and so is Bowden.  

Indeed at the hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on November 19th 2009 When Chief Master Winegarten asked why rights holders were dealing with Media C.A.T and not directly with DigiProtect, Crossley said that  

“[Media C.A.T] happen to operate in the UK…dealing with UK companies…” In referring to the scheme ACS:Law and DigiProtect operate in respect of these hardcore porn titles, Crossley tried to suggest that they were doing a public service by helping to prevent the sharing of restricted movies on P2P.  

Chief Master Winegarten responded by noting that  

“[this is] not a moral crusade” and that in his opinion, ACS:Law and DigiProtect were doing this “…because you want the money.”  

So what are we to make of this? Well it PROVES that Terence Tsang bought code for the very purpose of bringing file sharing suspects to court.  

The work dates back to April 2008, I do NOT know when he left Davenport Lyons but this time scale would at least indicate the timing of a realistic business practice.  Indeed  their WAS a abortive website that attempted this that was registered back in January 2009, it name was http://www.stoppiracy.co.uk/ and a quick WHOIS search reveals that the Registrant is…… Terence Tsang of Advanmedia/AdvanGroup and also of ACS:LAW.    

We KNOW that Lee Bowden and Andrew Crossley are friends or at the least associates.  Bowdens Company Media C.A.T is in trouble with it’s finances and needs cash, how? Well a quick search of Companies House Website SHOWS that Media C.A.T is in trouble.  

1)  If Terence Tsang had inside knowledge into the methods used by Logistep and Digiprotect which having worked for DL we assume he would have.  Have we just uncovered the specification of the “Monitoring Software”? , if so then this confirms what we have suspected all along, that this “Monitoring Software” is not fit for purpose. This may also explain the complete reluctance by ACS:Law to provide the “Evidence” and “Expert Reports” to those that have requested them.  

2)   Is this commissioned application the very same monitoring software now being used by Media C.A.T ? , and if it is then is this not a serious conflict of interest? not only does it raise serious concerns about the quality and processes used by the “Monitoring Software” it’s also possible that the solicitors concerned:  

a.      Commissioned the program  

b.      Operate the Program  

c.      Gather the Evidence  

d.      Produce the letters of Claim  

e.      Receive Money from the “Damages” claimed  

This may be something that the SRA may wish to investigate further and if the suspicions are proved to be true they should be held to account for their actions.  

So What is the Truth? Is Andrew Crossley merely helping out a friend in need(Lee Bowden) or is Terence Tsang trying to break away from ACS LAW?  How Did Tilly Bailey & Irvine get involved? ….we cant know for sure but certainly their needs to be an investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority at the VERY least into the actions of these three people.  It seems at the VERY least that all roads lead to Terence Tsang and Advanmedia/AdvanGroup

Credit: Thx Flaw!

Wanted Posters

As described by Lord Lucas and Lord Clement-Jones in the House of Lords.  "Legal Blackmail"  (Click on Thumbnails)

Brian Miller is "Virtuallyinhouse"!

A scary thought indeed but it seems that one of the "Davenport 2" has a Webpage on...... GOOGLESITES!.  Now don't take this the wrong way but, does it not seem rather amaturish for a so called "Specialist in the fields of interactive entertainment, e-commerce, music, computer games and the enforcement of related intellectual property rights on the internet." to have his pitch on a FREE webserver?

Even stranger is the fact that he has a link and it seems indeed that "Virtuallyinhouse" is a part of his Wifes larger business. Stranger still that a few years ago a group called "Davenport Cats" threatened to disclose details of a personal nature regarding Mr and Mrs Miller in light of the  "Bullying and Harrasment" that Davenport Lyons was conducting at the time and which has  now landed Mr Miller and his Co-Director David Gore in hot water with the SRA. 

 Now my point regarding this is that at the time it seemed unsightly that Mr Millers Wife should be dragged into an argument merely because she was married to a "Bully", and I agree she should not, however nor do I believe it is right that Mr Miller trades off his Wifes name if he feels that he does not want the spotlight to shine on her unfavourably.  Does that make sense? 

See for yourself.  Mr Millers Amateurish business site is here http://www.virtuallyinhouse.com/  See for yourself on the links.  Read how it describes Mr Miller then check out the link "Recomendations" and see that the link still shows Mr Miller working for Davenport Lyons.  Can we say shoddy? I thought we could

EDIT: Of course I realise that my little Blog may well look amateurish, but that is ok, I dont have money from people I have "bullied and harrassed" to build a better one......

The SRA refers Davenport Lyons to the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal

The SRA Refers Davenport Lyons to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Directors David Gore and Brian Miller will stand before a misconduct panel over the bullying letters sent out to people demanding payment and accusing them of illegally sharing copyright material.  A scheme since taken on by ACS:LAW with the help of Ex Davenport Lyons Paralegal Terence Tsang

A leading law firm is being investigated over claims that it bullied and harassed hundreds of people wrongly accused of illegal filesharing. The Solicitors Regulation Authority, an industry watchdog, said it is investigating a complaint brought against Davenport Lyons, the London-based solicitors' firm that has led a number of prosecutions against illegal filesharers. The consumer group Which? first made an official complaint in 2008, after a number of people contacted it to say that they had received letters from Davenport Lyons demanding payment for illegal downloads that were nothing to do with them.

Tilly Bailey & Irvine, ACS:LAW and Logistep: An Embarrassment to the Creative Rights Industry

Lord Clement Jones lays into these Scamsters Lawyers in VERY strong terms in the House of Lords

Tilly Bailey & Irvine - Speculative Invoicing Letters - Follow ACS:LAW

Well it HAD to happen, another greedy Solicitor representing the Porn Industry has followed the lead of Davenport Lyons and ACS:LAW and issued letters blackmailing asking innocent people to cough up £800 for downloading some horrendous Pornography that no-one has ever heard of but with such a provoctive title that rather than talk to their family about it they feel compelled to pay these swindlers  Solicitors their hard earned cash.  DONT DO IT!

Here is an example of one of their letters, of course with the personal details left out!

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ACS:LAW Changed the Registration of their Web Address SO? Well just like to keep a cache

Below are the TWO registered addresses for ACS LAW.  The First one appears to be a residential address of Terence Tsang.  The second is a Rented Office, rented from AVANTA http://www.avanta.co.uk/UK/offices/Hanover-Square-W1S-1JY

(I know that certain members of the movement against ACS LAW have conversed with Terence Tsang accusing me of invasion of his privacy and encouraging him to press charges for harrassment (You know who you are) , I feel however that this after discussing this with Legal Advisors that this  is PUBLIC DOMAIN Information and is covered under the FAIR USE Law). 

The OLD Address


Rupert Law Close

Domain name:
acs-law.org.uk

Registrant:
Terence Tsang

Registrant type:
Unknown

Registrant's address:
Rupert LAw
Quorn
Leics
LE12 8PE

GB

Registrar:
Total Web Solutions Ltd t/a Total Registrations [Tag = TOTALREG]
URL: http://www.totalregistrations.com

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 09-Apr-2009
Renewal date: 09-Apr-2011
Last updated: 14-Apr-2009

Registration status:
Registration request being processed.

Name servers:
ns1.dfsv61.com
ns2.dfsv61.com


The NEW Address



Domain name:
acs-law.org.uk

Registrant:
Terence Tsang

Registrant type:
Unknown

Registrant's address:
ACS Law Solicitors, 18 Hanover Square
London
Greater London
W1S 1HX
United Kingdom

Registrar:
Total Web Solutions Ltd t/a Total Registrations [Tag = TOTALREG]
URL: http://www.totalregistrations.com

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 09-Apr-2009
Renewal date: 09-Apr-2011
Last updated: 08-May-2009

Registration status:
Registered until renewal date.

Name servers:
ns1.dfsv61.com
ns2.dfsv61.com

ACS LAW send out Phishing Questionnaires UPDATED

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Acs Law continue its War of attrition against the British Public and their latest round of "Speculative Invoices" seems to contain a rather Sinister Questionnaire.  Please take a look and let me know what you think. 

I believe myself they are terribly unprofessional forms, starting with either a "5" or a "15" in place of  "1".  It also seems that ACS LAW want to persue or at least ask wether the person would be willing to allow their PC to be inpected by forensic analysis.  Very Interesting

Of course what these forms REALY mean is that ACS LAW dont have enough information and believe you to be stupid enough to supply them the information with which to attack you again

Beingthreatened have produced an additional chapter to their EXCELLENT "Speculative Invoicing" Booklet please see here http://bit.ly/bonusquestio

Also had an EXCELLENT Spoof Questionnaire sent to me from ACS:FLAW Please see it here  Fishing Questionnaire

ACS LAW in the MEDIA

Yes finally it seems those merry scamsters legitimate Solicitors are getting a lot of focus in the Mainstream Media.  No word yet from ACS LAW apart from the usual bullying threats of being taking to Court for Slander and other such allegations.  Terence Tsang we know you want to defend Andrew but come on.....

Anyway here is the list

Law firm's piracy hunt condemned

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8483482.stm

BPI rejects scareletter approach to possible pirates

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/29/scare_letter_file_sharing/

ACS:Law-type scams ‘big business’

http://www.p2pnet.net/story/34736

BPI slams law firm chasing illegal file-sharers

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=3211410

BPI Rejects Piracy Threat Letters and Slams Large Profit Making UK ISPs

 http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-scheme-a-scam-legal-blackmail-say-uk-lords-100128/

Received a letter from ACS LAW? Dont panic

 

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 Here are a few links to get acquainted with those who accuse you of file sharing. This is a scam legitimate business model!!!!

Click here for help at the Beingthreatened website*

An Anti ACS Blog http://sites.google.com/site/acsillegalsite

Click here for some background on ACS LAW
and their cronies

Click here to go to the SLYCK Forums
concerning this subject

A YOUTUBE Channel dedicated to highlighting ACS LAW

ACS BORE Facebook group

LOGISTEP IP TRACKERS Facebook group

http://twitter.com/ACS_LAW_ILLEGAL  (seems a great point to gather)

A Portal for LOTS of Links (Where this text was taken from) http://acslawscammers.bravehost.com/index.html

*I have NO connection with Beingthreatened and do NOT speak for them.  They ARE the first port of call for those receiving a letter from ACS LAW.  I have no connection with any of the other links, I merely wish to promote their popularity as a way of defeating ACS LAW and their practices against innocent people.

The setup

A group of Solicitors in cahoots with so called "Forensic" Experts using a frowned upon hack of Shareaza are targeting peoples IP addresses for illegal downloads. Now this so far seems quite reasonable right?  I mean it is only fair that people who create games and films should be able to gain money for their work and effort, I have no problem with such a principle.

ACS LAW took over from Davenport Lyons and started to send out their "letters" in early 2009, backed by Digiprotect, Digirights, and Logistep, and at the time of writing, employing Andrew Crossley, Terence Tsang (Ex Davenport Lyons) and one of their Chums Lee Bowden from Piri Ltd they seek to send out over 15,000 threatening demands for cash in the New Year.  

The Modus Operandi

 This has happened all over Europe, for this website I will focus on the UK ops.  Davenport Lyons a well respected Solicitors at the time sullied their name with this tawdry affair.  The Problem?  Well an IP does NOT identify an individual, sure it is allocated to an individual in some ways but it is not foolproof by any means.

Received a letter from Terence Tsang Andrew Crossley and Lee Bowden of Piri, LTD Accusing people of infringing copyright by sharing files via file sharing p2p.

The so called "Top Companies" on their roster of Clients include Reality Pump, Techland, Topware, and Zuxxez  using "Forensic evidence" from Digiprotect. and Logistep

 

Happy Christmas

Just been amusing myself looking at this post from ACS LAW on their website. You have to hand it to them they really are quite absurd.

Have A Hapy Christmas and New Year, and remember, PLEASE DO NOT WORRY. This after all is a Company who are protecting Titles such as these.

Google Doc of Digirotect Contract. Allow to load read from page 5 on for the Films

The ACS LAW Christmas Message

As Christmas approaches, here at ACS Law we have been working hard dealing with our file sharing projects. We have been reviewing all cases which are currently open, and a good number of these cases have been dropped, where we do not either consider litigation to be a viable option or to be beneficial to our clients. A letter has been sent out today informing those involved of this, and explaining that they now owe our client’s a duty of care to ensure this type of activity does not happen again.

However, with all other cases, litigation remains a possibility. We have taken instructions from our clients to issue the next batch of proceedings early in the New Year, and we would urge anyone who has not settled at this stage to consider doing so before further costs are incurred. Cases involving the infringement of copyright are held in the Patents Court in London, and as they are automatically assigned to the multi-track system, we are able to claim our client's legal costs should we succeed in court. Should you now wish to settle, please contact us early in the New Year.

Additionally, we are beginning to receive the new data from the ISP’s following the court orders of 19 November 2009. This means that a fresh wave of letters of claim will be ready to send early in January 2010, and we will continue to send letters of claim out at various points in 2010. With new clients adding their works to our roster of titles, we feel we are succeeding in demonstrating that the fight against internet piracy is winnable, and will we will continue this pursuit into the next decade.

Office Closure

Our office is going to be closed over the Christmas period, from 5pm today (Wednesday 23 December 2009), and opening again on Monday 4 January 2010 at 9.30am. We will look to respond to any correspondence received during this period upon our return in the New Year. In the meantime, we wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.