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Old 09-07-2011, 04:16 PM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by kane View Post
Ultimately that is what it boils down to. How did they come up with their list and what type of evidence do they have against those on the list to lead them to believe that they have damaged them? I guess it is going to be up to the courts to determine if this is an acceptable practice or not. So far there have been some cases that the courts clearly didn't like, but I have a feeling eventually we will see more and more of this as rulings come down and define what you can and cannot do.
first of all lawyers have a code of ethics that they must follow to prevent abusing the system and turning it into a form of extortion

those rules include not making/covering up ruling they know invalidate their arguments

the UK originator of this scheme got his ass handed to him

http://torrentfreak.com/judge-decima...ruling-110907/

hopefully this guy will get the same penalty.
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