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Has any other lawyer tried to sue them?
by ComodoHacker 5y ago
Has any other lawyer tried to sue them?
- durnygbur 5y agoBoth copyright predator and counter copyright predator industries are huge in Germany. These two together will absorb any volume of money you'll throw at them.
- andi999 5y agoIt is legal as far as I understand.
- ComodoHacker 5y agoHow is it legal? Do they get permissions from copyright owners?
- buran77 5y agoYes, they represent large content owner conglomerates and have the permission to go after pirates. The shady part is where they can just go to the ISP and request the personal customer information associated to an IP they believe is transferring the infringing content. In Germany the law allows lawyers to ask and get this info from the ISP purely based on suspicion. This is the dirty secret related to how Germany enforces piracy laws. Getting internet access is predicated by accepting that this information will be passed on to private third parties (imagine getting internet access only if you agree to send your identity to Facebook if they want to check you are not violating FB rules by using a fake name). Between this and the fact that a lawsuit is expensive and time consuming, they probably never pursue minor infringement in court if they get a counter from the user's lawyer.
- lgierth 5y agoThey do need a court order, see my other comment
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- elliekelly 5y agoHow does it not violate legal ethics requirements?