It's a tried and tested lawyer move in the piracy game. File suits against users who have downloaded illegal content and scare the crap out of them into settling. Lawyers push to settle because the way they captured the information of identifying a pirate was illegal and would never go through in court. Unfortunately, when Americans get served for this kindof act, they will pay a whopping amount of cash to make it all go away - even in the event that going to court almost always means they'll get off.
Torrent Freak posted an article about a douche lawyer from California who's been playing this scam for years. He was ordered by a federal judge to publically release the total earnings he recieved from using scare tactics to achieve settlements.
Last month a lawyer was ordered by a judge to reveal how much money he has received from threatening to sue alleged BitTorrent users. The lawyer, Ira M. Siegel, missed the court’s deadline and even then failed to answer fully as required. After describing the EFF as a group wanting “freedom from the tyranny of having to pay for content,” his eventual response began with a surprising attack on an anti-copyright troll blogger.
For those of you who will argue that this guy is putting an end to piracy and will claim some bullshit about protecting the artist...this guy gets to keep the settlement money. The artists are not profiting from these suits anyway.
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