Being Sued by Atari/Davenport !

lakitu · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:21

Seen a thread about this recently, just recieved a letter today saying I am being sued by Davenport on behalf of Atari for illegally downloading Test Drive. They want £505! Crumbs.

magick · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:22

Where did you download it from and how did they find out?

Slinwagh · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:24

lakitu said:
Seen a thread about this recently, just recieved a letter today saying I am being sued by Davenport on behalf of Atari for illegally downloading Test Drive. They want £505! Crumbs.

Should not download pirated software then should we !!!

Jotun · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:25

There's been a few threads in the past, I can't remember the outcome of it, so you may want to have a read

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17824481&highlight=davenport
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17840742&highlight=davenport
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17849770&highlight=davenport

Frapple · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:25

Recorded delivery?

You didn't receive any letter.

yhack · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:25

Buy a copy and say you were downloading it because you didn't have the disc with you or something.

Trifid · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:27

No, the best course of action is to ignore it. If you reply you will be harassed by them. Endlessly.

http://torrentfreak.com/search/Davenport Lyons

Azagoth · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:30

You really should secure your wireless network you know.

atpbx · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:31

ignore it.

badbob · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:31

Tell them you wanted to download it so you can burn tens of thousands of copies and sell off at the markets, on ebay and on computer forums.

Strife212 · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:32

This is really common.

Ignore it completely, there's nothing they can do. The letter is illegal anyway.

Happy · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:40

lakitu said:
Seen a thread about this recently, just recieved a letter today saying I am being sued by Davenport on behalf of Atari for illegally downloading Test Drive. They want £505! Crumbs.

Is that it lol, I got sued last year by Codemasters for Dirt £540 :mad:

J1234 · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:41

Don't do the crime in the first place. It's your own fault.

mrk · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:42

Happy said:
Is that it lol, I got sued last year by Codemasters for Dirt £540

Did you pay?

Pfft, should not use unencrypted torrents tbh!

Energize · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:42

Ignore it, no court would ever award anything like that for damages caused by downloading a video game anyway, so apart from the fact that no action ever comes from these letters, you don't have to worry.

Aod · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:45

Slinwagh said:
Should not download pirated software then should we !!!

Justin said:
Don't do the crime in the first place. It's your own fault.

some REALLY, REALLY self righteous people in here.

Doohickey · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:46

One of my friends has just got done by Atari for about £500 too. Don't know if he's paid up or what though

Indy500 · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:46

Happy said:
Is that it lol, I got sued last year by Codemasters for Dirt £540

What happened? Did you pay up?

jamief · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:52

Ignore it! They have no legal grounds, they are just trying to intimidate people into paying.

CliffyBiro · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:55

If you do pay, pay it in 505 £1 cheques.