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Originally Posted by woj
Did anyone ever spell out exactly what is done, how it's all handled, etc? Right now it's not at all clear who is getting sued for what? Exactly what evidence is being used? All that is repeated 100x over is that ISPs get subpenoed for names/addresses and those people get sued..
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That is all that is done. People find on a public tracker the IP address of someone potentially infringing their copyright. Assuming of course they actually copyrighted their content properly, which most don't. They then make the ISP cough up the name and address of the person who pays the bill of that IP address. They then send a threatening letter to that name. No actual, oh what's that word...oh yes. PROOF.
No cases are intended to go to court, as the judge would (and has) thrown out the cases for lack of, oh what's that thing called? Proof.
It's just a way to extort money from scared people who do not want their job, family life, etc threatened.
Nasty stuff.
The emails from acs: law can be found with a simple google search. Go and read them. Then you will realise they admit they are just doing this to extort money.