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Davenport Lyons Threatens to Sue Wikileaks Over Publication of Extortion Letter

By DrewWilson

Claims that the extortion letter is protected by copyright and cannot be posted online. Late last year, Wikileaks obtained a copy of one of the extortion letters sent by the infamous law firm Davenport Lyons. The law firm, at the time, had been sending tens of thousands of these letters which threatened to take the recipients to court if they don't pay just over 500 pounds. The original goal was to deter alleged copyright infringers, but in a strange twist of fate, the law firm is now actively trying to censor the letter itself claiming that the letter is protected under British copyright law. The legal threat letters themselves contain a hash value, and IP address and a time stamp that is being used as evidence ? flimsy evidence according to many people who have observed the legal side of file-sharing.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on February 20, 2009 (boomark / email).