ACS:Law: ‘It’s Christmas. Time to sue’

2pnet news view Freedom | P2P: Blackmail tactics first popularised by Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music’s RIAA are creating a cottage industry for unscrupulous lawyers and the people who hire them. The RIAA is a past master at firing off subpoenas and following them up with threatening ‘pay up or else’ letters. Yesterday, “The Video Protection Alliance (VPA) bills itself as a ‘fast, secure and convenient way to settle your copyright violations online’,” said p2pnet , going on: “It generously helps ‘you, the fan, identify copyright violations, pay a nominal settlement fee, and clear your record”’.

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ACS:Law: ‘It’s Christmas. Time to sue’

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