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Source: The Guardian Internet users who have apparently shared a movie illegally have received letters threatening them with legal action if they don't pay up
Dozens of UK broadband customers have been accused of pirating a little-known Robert Redford film and have been asked to pay a fine.
They have received letters from a US firm called TCYK LLC, a legal firm apparently named after the initials of the film in question, The Company You Keep.
According to the letter, published by The Guardian
The firm obtained a court order against Sky Broadband this year requiring it to hand over the details of customers that TCYK alleges used torrent sites to download and distribute the film.
The incident follows a string of speculative invoicing claims in which copyright holders have written to individuals demanding money to settle a piracy claim, threatening them with legal action if they do not comply.
In 2010 hundreds of broadband customers were accused of sharing copyrighted content by a firm called ACS:Law, the controversial solicitors' firm at the centre of a huge row over file sharing and leaked data. However the accused strongly denied the allegations, claiming the methodology behind its process for identifying illegal sharers was ?deeply flawed?.
Sky (Other OTC: BSYBF - news) said: ?TCYK LLC successfully applied for a court order against Sky. This means that we were required, by law, to supply TCYK LLC with the details of account holders that matched the list of IP addresses that they had identified.
?We have written to all affected customers advising them carefully to read the letter from TCYK LLC and if they want any further help to contact the Citizens Advice Bureau.?
Source: The Guardian Internet users who have apparently shared a movie illegally have received letters threatening them with legal action if they don't pay up
Dozens of UK broadband customers have been accused of pirating a little-known Robert Redford film and have been asked to pay a fine.
They have received letters from a US firm called TCYK LLC, a legal firm apparently named after the initials of the film in question, The Company You Keep.
According to the letter, published by The Guardian
The firm obtained a court order against Sky Broadband this year requiring it to hand over the details of customers that TCYK alleges used torrent sites to download and distribute the film.
The incident follows a string of speculative invoicing claims in which copyright holders have written to individuals demanding money to settle a piracy claim, threatening them with legal action if they do not comply.
In 2010 hundreds of broadband customers were accused of sharing copyrighted content by a firm called ACS:Law, the controversial solicitors' firm at the centre of a huge row over file sharing and leaked data. However the accused strongly denied the allegations, claiming the methodology behind its process for identifying illegal sharers was ?deeply flawed?.
Sky (Other OTC: BSYBF - news) said: ?TCYK LLC successfully applied for a court order against Sky. This means that we were required, by law, to supply TCYK LLC with the details of account holders that matched the list of IP addresses that they had identified.
?We have written to all affected customers advising them carefully to read the letter from TCYK LLC and if they want any further help to contact the Citizens Advice Bureau.?
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