I got one of those years ago and never replied. Never heard back again.
A friend got one some time after that. He got scared and got a lawyer. He phrased a response letter with a reduced payment. He explained to me, that the phrasing is very important. You cannot under any circumstance show guilt for the alleged infringement, because then they come back with a vengeance (demands in the thousands of €). Paying the 900€ would already equate an admission of guilt.
The letter from the lawyer was basically saying, that there is no way that my friend infringed on any copyrights since he acquires all his media legally. Someone had to have hacked in to his wi-fi, and he is willing to pay a couple hundred € for the troubles of the damaged parties.
That’s enough for those scummy private laws firms. Going against an actual lawyer would cost more than it would net them.
I got one of those years ago and never replied. Never heard back again.
A friend got one some time after that. He got scared and got a lawyer. He phrased a response letter with a reduced payment. He explained to me, that the phrasing is very important. You cannot under any circumstance show guilt for the alleged infringement, because then they come back with a vengeance (demands in the thousands of €). Paying the 900€ would already equate an admission of guilt.
This is a really nice TIL, I’ll remember this for the future
The letter from the lawyer was basically saying, that there is no way that my friend infringed on any copyrights since he acquires all his media legally. Someone had to have hacked in to his wi-fi, and he is willing to pay a couple hundred € for the troubles of the damaged parties.
That’s enough for those scummy private laws firms. Going against an actual lawyer would cost more than it would net them.