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Originally Posted by Toxic Debt
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It didnt surprise me as I run a PC repair shop and have many customers PC's connected to my network at any point in time. Many riddled with hijackers and other virus based software.
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I contacted Lawdit solicitors and gave them my mitigation that as an PC repair business it may have been one of my customers PC's that continued downloading / uploading when it was connected to my network at the start of business (9am). I was advised that this would not be going to court and for a fee of £50 plus VAT they would write to Davenport Lyons on my behalf.
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Davenport Lyons take great care to not accuse
you of anything. Just your connection. They do not have evidence of
you doing anything, which is required to bring a case of copyright infringement.
They merely state they will hold you responsible for your connection being used at time point X for distributing file y.
This is legal gibberish.
If this were the possible basis of a court case, then ISPs, internet cafes and wireless hotspots would be in extremely hot water and would be getting dragged to court left right and centre.
They aren't.
This whole campaign is an intimidation tactic, which an awful lot of people fall for. They don't need to lay out any money on a court case - plenty of people pay up the £500 to make it very profitable indeed.
Also, if they had such super duper evidence, then in their history of nearly 3 years doing this they would have taken someone who isn't imaginary (or rather who doesn't ignore their letters completely) to court and won by now.
I know several people who have had the third letter and are being represented by Lawdit. They are simply practising justice by mailshot again. Even if you do end up in court it seems you have a more than adequate case.
Relax.