Hey Joe, thanks for sharing!
They're demanding €450 compensation for the alleged sharing of the movie via BitTorrent. Plus €506 lawyer's fees. So in total we're talking about €956,- FOX is working with a German company, ipoque GmbH, that monitors filesharing platforms. So they've logged my IP (the exit node), the time stamp, the hash of the file in question and got a court order that forced my ISP to handover my personal data to them. Cheers, Hendrik On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 7:41 PM, Joe Btfsplk <[email protected]> wrote: > I've forgotten the specifics of your OP. Exactly how much are they > demanding (Eu / $US)? > > Other BIG factor (others familiar w/ European / German laws can comment): > Do they have any SUBSTANTIAL proof, that a judge / jury would accept as > reasonable proof, that YOU did something under your country's laws, to make > you financially liable to the plaintiffs (for anywhere near what they're > demanding)? And is the amount enough to make it worth the lawyers' time to > go to court (how much would the LAWYERS make on a per hr basis, from their > cut of the awarded amount)? > > I'm no expert on legalities in other countries, but ONLY as a general rule, > in U.S., it's not worth a law firm's time to actually go to court over > fairly small amts, if working for % of awarded judgment. > In U.S., I've failed several times to get lawyers to take my cases against > others on CONTINGENCY, even when I'd likely win, because - as numerous > lawyers put it, "There simply isn't enough $ involved." > > If a law firm is working on a per hour basis (which I'd doubt for this type > action), then lawyers get paid for time spent, but plaintiffs may well owe > more than they are awarded. Most plaintiffs aren't that stupid. > > > > On 2/11/2013 7:11 AM, Hendrik Neumann wrote: >> >> Small update: >> >> I've snail-mailed them a letter based on what Moritz had posted. They >> replied with a standardized letter without even commenting on my >> statements. It's basically saying "Last chance to pay or we'll go to >> court." >> >> So I'm a little unsure whether or not it's now time to actually >> consult a lawyer or wait until FOX makes it's next move. >> >> Cheers, >> Hendrik >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Hendrik Neumann | tel: +49 (0)221 677 83 218 | web: http://armselig.me/ | blog: http://h4rk.net/ | twitter: http://twitter.com/armselig _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
