![]() "If you send out 10,000 letters and ask for £500 each time, you only have to get half to pay up and you've made a significant amount of money. Michael Coyle said: "The cynical lawyer in me would say this is a money-making exercise. The government recently brokered a deal between record labels and internet companies that was meant to discourage this kind of illegal copying.īroadband providers like BT, Tiscali and Virgin agreed to send warning letters to customers identified by the music industry body, the BPI, as illegal file-sharers.Ī handful of independent music and gaming companies have gone further and started taking direct legal action.īut this is thought to be the first time pornographic material has been targeted. Michael Coyle is acting for people who've received the letters When an individual user downloads sections of a film or song over the network, they are simultaneously uploading different parts of the film to other users. Six million people in the UK alone are thought to download music and movie files for free each year with more than half under-25s said to use file-sharing networks like Gnutella, BitTorrent and eDonkey. The illegal sharing of copyright material over the web is a major headache for music, movie and game companies. I didn't even know what a P2P network was before this," she said. "I'm a pensioner, so it was such a shock. Sixty-year-old 'Mary' from Bedfordshire received a similar letter. They are terrifying quite a number of people." "I think their methods of going about this have been completely wrong. It gives me three weeks to pay up, or they'll take me to court." "I got a letter from my ISP a few months back saying that they had received a court order which meant they had to release my details to a law firm." "I've never heard of it before, certainly never seen it and never downloaded it." "It's a big letter accusing me of downloading a porn film called Young Harlots In London. Twenty-seven-year-old 'Helen', not her real name, from Hull, told Newsbeat she was "upset, scared and angry" after a letter landed on her doormat last month demanding £525 for sharing a single adult movie over the net. The overriding feeling is one of outrage." Teenagers right up to old-age pensioners have been accused of downloading hardcore porn. "One lady told us she fainted when she opened her letter. "It's the embarrassment factor," he said. Michael Coyle from Southampton-based solicitors Lawdit is acting on behalf of hundreds of people who have already received legal papers in the post. Many deny copying the movies and say they have no idea why they were identified in the first place. ![]() Lawyers say they have been contacted by hundreds of worried individuals over the past few weeks. Newsbeat's found out that people across the UK have been accused of using file-sharing networks to get hold of dozens of adult titles without paying for them.Ī German company called DigiProtect claims the users are breaking copyright law and is demanding £500 to settle out of court.Ī 20-page legal letter lists the name of the film involved along with the time and date of the alleged download. Thousands of internet users have been told they'll be taken to court unless they pay hundreds of pounds for illegally downloading and sharing hardcore porn movies. Doesn't Work on: Android 1.0 (API level 1) / Android 1.1 (API level 2) / Android 1.5 Cupcake (API level 3) / Android 1.6 Donut (API level 4) / Android 2.0 Eclair (API level 5) / Android 2.0.1 Eclair (API level 6) / Android 2.1 Eclair (API level 7) / Android 2.2–2.2.3 Froyo (API level 8) / Android 2.3–2.3.2 Gingerbread (API level 9) / Android 2.3.3–2.3.7 Gingerbread (API level 10) / Android 3.0 Honeycomb (API level 11) / Android 3.1 Honeycomb (API level 12) / Android 3.2–3.2.'Helen' from Hull was sent a letter in the post demanding £500.Android 4.0–4.0.2 Ice Cream Sandwich (API level 14) / Android 4.0.3–4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich (API level 15) / Android 4.1–4.1.2 Jelly Bean (API level 16) / Android 4.2–4.2.2 Jelly Bean (API level 17) / Android 4.3–4.3.1 Jelly Bean (API level 18) / Android 4.4–4.4.4 KitKat (API level 19) / Android 4.4W–4.4W.2 KitKat, with wearable extensions (API level 20) / Android 5.0–5.0.2 Lollipop (API level 21) / Android 5.1–5.1.1 Lollipop (API level 22) / Android 6.0+ Marshmallow (API level 23)
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