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Its a hoax, Davenport Lyons are scammers accusing innocend people of sharing&piracy...
The davenport lyons story always ****** me off
.Friend "going to be sued" for downloading?
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Its a hoax, Davenport Lyons are scammers accusing innocend people of sharing&piracy...
The davenport lyons story always ****** me off
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Soldato
Very good idea!
If you don't go with that, try what someone said above; just go out and buy the game now and say you only wanted to have a backup of the game
They can't sue you for a profit. Only lost earnings, ie £30.
It's guilty until proven innoccent with the current laws on wi-fi I'm afraid. You are responsible for your own connection.
It's guilty until proven innoccent with the current laws on wi-fi I'm afraid. You are responsible for your own connection.
Soldato
Ahhh just read the other thread.
What a bunch of ****s they are.
Stupid scam.
What a bunch of ****s they are.
Stupid scam.
Indeed, they probably obtained the details illegally (entrapment) and as you said breached the data protection act... send a nicely worded letter back
Entrapment isn't a defence in UK law and you don't necessarily know they breached the DPA. However, I agree that if you're innocent they're not going to take this much further.
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Tell him to say he didn't realise what he had downloaded. When he found out he deleted it. 
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bin the letter! load of crap
buy the game + say the disc was too scratched + wouldnt play
What he said. Then write one back saying your invading my right. (or something more legally technical!)
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Just ignore the letter. Straight into the bin.
I won't deal with any company that uses fear tactics.. I've had them before (for things other than downloading), and refuse to deal with them unless they go through the proper channels - ie. court, or the police.
They are just hoping that you'll pay, but I seriously doubt they'd take it any further.
I won't deal with any company that uses fear tactics.. I've had them before (for things other than downloading), and refuse to deal with them unless they go through the proper channels - ie. court, or the police.
They are just hoping that you'll pay, but I seriously doubt they'd take it any further.
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they can't just fine someone! it needs to go to court..... it's a scam BIN it!
I doubt that would be enforced. £570 for 5 mins work, I'd laugh that out of court. Well more like £585 considering wholesale prices.
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AFAIK the main thing is to deny that it was you that downloaded it, deny that you have the file on your computer and deny that you have infringed their copyright (or of course, just ignore it) - the company will then have to prove that you have, and continue to infringe their copyright, which is a lot trickier than just getting an IP match on a file.
There have been a couple of successful civil cases for copyright infringement regarding downloading music, but they have relied on the person admitting that they had the file on their computer and they had downloaded - damages were minimal but the firm sucessfully obtained an undertaking for the individual to cease their copyright infringing action - this is deemed a success so the solicitors costs followed.
There have been a couple of successful civil cases for copyright infringement regarding downloading music, but they have relied on the person admitting that they had the file on their computer and they had downloaded - damages were minimal but the firm sucessfully obtained an undertaking for the individual to cease their copyright infringing action - this is deemed a success so the solicitors costs followed.
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ahh this reminds me of that tele-billing scam that was going around last year.
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LOL, i would have never thought of that. Next time i get letter off the Paypal's "Debt Recovery Agency", i may just do that.