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UK Consumer Group Reports Anti-File-Sharing 'Bully' to Authorities

By soulxtc

Which? files formal complaint with Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) about letters sent by law firm Davenport Lyons to alleged file-sharers on behalf of copyright owners. Which?, the largest consumer body in the UK with over 650,000 members, has today complained to the solicitors? watchdog about a London law firm that sent ?bullying? letters to hundreds of innocent consumers. Davenport Lyons has been targeting suspected file-sharers in massive sweeps accusing them of illegally downloading everything from video games to porn. The alleged file-sharers have received letters from the law firm demanding payment of £500 ($773 USD) compensation for copyright infringement, but many, most notably a non-gaming elderly couple, have been wrongly accused. A recent Which? Computing investigation found that while working with games firm Atari, Davenport Lyons wrongly accused a Scottish couple, aged 54 and 66, of infringing copyright of a game ?Race O7?.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on December 10, 2008 (boomark / email).