Which? vs ACS:LAW "The UNUSUAL suspects"

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Which? computing in their latest Magazine have an article regarding the many falsely accused people who have been caught in the "Speculative Invoicing" plan by ACS:LAW.  Described in the Lords as "Legal Blackmail, the article exposing it further to the light is published here. (I would urge you all to actually BUY Which? as it is truly an EXCELLENT magazine)

I would like to say a big thankyou to Which? Computing AND to Deborah Prince the Legal affairs Chief

 "Fair Use is Claimed"

The Davenport "TWO": Their Solicitor speaks out

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The Solicitor representing Davenport Lyons EX Director Brian Miller and and current Director David Gore, has spoken out about his clients innocence.  Mark Stephens from the improbably named "Finers Stephens Innocent" said the following

Mark Stephens, a partner at Stephens Finers Innocent who is representing the two solicitors involved, rejected the consumer group’s allegations. He said Davenport Lyons has a long tradition of protecting the rights of creators, and its methodology for handling illegal file-sharing cases conforms to industry best practice, and has been adopted in the Digital Economy Bill currently going through parliament. Stephens said it was not correct to say the solicitors’ conduct was inappropriate in the manner alleged by Which?, adding that Davenport Lyons has a 100% success rate for the illegal file-sharing cases that it has taken to court. Stephens accepted that there was a ‘small concern’ regarding the information provided by the internet service provider, which Davenport Lyons had relied on. In a few cases, he said the ISP had wrongly identified the people involved. But once the error was discovered, the cases against them were not pursued. There were also a number of people who had left their computers in an insecure state and third parties had gained control over them. Again, said Stephens, these people were subsequently not pursued.

Here at "Received a letter from ACS:LAW?" we like to take the opportunity to share with you the results of this information when we fed it through our "Bull$hit Detector"

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It does not look good.  The FULL Statement can be found at http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/two-solicitors-accused-over-file-sharing-bully-tactics

ACS LAW: Lord Lucas "How the game works" and "If the SRA wont do anything about them then WE will"

Lord Lucas and others in the House of Lords give some hope to the thousands of innocent people accused of wrongdoing by these scheming scamming Solicitors.  It is long but WELL WORTH LISTENING TO.  Check the part from 1:20, he really sums it up well

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.