Being Sued by Atari/Davenport !

Hxc · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:57

Davenport lyons are being well out of order. Ignore it.

J1234 · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:57

Aod said:
some REALLY, REALLY self righteous people in here.

So you think it's perfectly fine to break the law?

Happy · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:57

mrk said:
Did you pay?

Pfft, should not use unencrypted torrents tbh!

sr4470 said:
What happened? Did you pay up?

I did pay, however now I'm wondering whether I should have done.

Hxc · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:59

Happy said:
I did pay, however now I'm wondering whether I should have done.

You shouldn't have.

Lyons have not yet taken anybody to court, and have sent well over 1000 letters about this now.

At the very least, write a letter back saying that you would like to see the evidence they have that you downloaded the file.

MikeHunt79 · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:59

Happy said:
I did pay, however now I'm wondering whether I should have done.

Happy · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:01

I have well a couple of terabytes of questionable data, and panicked, so I paid.

Aod · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:02

Justin said:
So you think it's perfectly fine to break the law?

can cannot be as black and white about the law and legality in general as you're trying to be.

i'd never advocate breaking the law for some things, but other things are hardly worth such overreactions as this...

£505 for pirating a £35 computer game?

raz0rr · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:02

Hxc said:
Lyons have not yet taken anybody to court, and have sent well over 1000 letters about this now.

Not exactly true.
http://torrentfreak.com/court-hits-bittorrent-users-who-failed-to-appear-080702/

CliffyBiro · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:03

Happy said:
I have well a couple of terabytes of questionable data, and panicked, so I paid.

That would just make me even more determined not to pay. Don't want them thinking I may have more.

Happy · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:03

Hxc said:
You shouldn't have.

Lyons have not yet taken anybody to court, and have sent well over 1000 letters about this now.

At the very least, write a letter back saying that you would like to see the evidence they have that you downloaded the file.

Was last October I think, but they "sued" my parents as the internet bills are in their name, and they made me pay - as well as the fact they were like "We told you so" :mad:

Energize · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:04

"Fortunately, these ‘victories’ mean little, as Davenport chose not to go after people who defend themselves, instead picking on people they knew wouldn’t even come to court."

In other words their evidence would not stand up in a court.

dafloppyone · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:05

http://torrentfreak.com/youre-caught-downloading-dream-pinball-settle-now-or-go-broke/

Hxc · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:05

raz0rr said:
Not exactly true.
http://torrentfreak.com/court-hits-bittorrent-users-who-failed-to-appear-080702/

Oh christ missed that! Must've been away from the PC at the time as I blog on the topic of p2p!

Happy · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:05

skippi90 said:
That would just make me even more determined not to pay. Don't want them thinking I may have more.

I didn't want it to escalate, and then to be bent over a barrel for said questionable data.

Freeman · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:06

Good, I hope anyone illegally downloading games are sued big time. I know EA and that type of company makes billions of years from games, but the actual people who worked on the game get hardly anything considering how hard they work. Downloading games also puts decent small studios, like IronLore, out of business.

Happy · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:08

Freeman said:
Good, I hope anyone illegally downloading games are sued big time. I know EA and that type of company makes billions of years from games, but the actual people who worked on the game get hardly anything considering how hard they work. Downloading games also puts decent small studios, like IronLore, out of business.

Well thats your opinion, and if the boot was ont he other foot.....

I however think that the focus should be on music, as for what the end user is getting is way more overpriced than a game.

sanaxe1 · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:08

Freeman said:
Good, I hope anyone illegally downloading games are sued big time. I know EA and that type of company makes billions of years from games, but the actual people who worked on the game get hardly anything considering how hard they work. Downloading games also puts decent small studios, like IronLore, out of business.

So your telling me that if i download 1 game I put a business out of work , but if i didn't then all of a sudden all these greedy corporations are going to pay there staff better?

Energize · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:09

Freeman said:
I know EA and that type of company makes billions of years from games, but the actual people who worked on the game get hardly anything considering how hard they work.

Doesn't that tell you that it isn't the piracy but the publishers that are the reason for such low wages?

Happy · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:10

Energize said:
Doesn't that tell you that it isn't the piracy but the publishers that are the reason for such low wages?

The magical answer, well done!

As with record companies.

Happy · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:12

raz0rr said:
Not exactly true.
http://torrentfreak.com/court-hits-bittorrent-users-who-failed-to-appear-080702/

Makes me feel better about paying, however the important point is what the OP should do in his situation?