Off Topic SKY WILL HAND OVER CUSTOMER DATA IN MOVIE PIRACY CASE

The UK's second largest ISP is about to hand over the personal details of customers to a company known for demanding cash from alleged file-sharers. Sky Broadband says it will hand over the names and addresses of subscribers to TCYK LLC and warns customers that the movie company will probably ask for compensation.

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Any regular reader of these pages will be familiar with the term “copyright troll”. These companies have made a business model out of monitoring file-sharing networks for alleged copyright infringements, tracking down alleged offenders and then demanding hard cash to make supposed lawsuits go away.


https://torrentfreak.com/sky-will-hand-over-customer-data-in-movie-piracy-case-150310/

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.ph...stomer-details-with-movie-piracy-lawyers.html

 

Wise decision that I refused to switch from BT Broadband to Sky Broadband.

 

None of this matters if you use the right sites

 

I use the same site as you.

 

And you'll be perfectly safe in doing so

 

finally, a technical thread I can relate to


PS...I think I'm in actual love with Gerrez

 

Take it to pm..

 

So why did I get the letter from Sky?

 

Just use Usenet, Torrents is for amateurs

 

A general or threatening letter?

 

****ing ****. How the **** did you manage that? Are you a mod?

 

No idea, its my first day

 

It's genuine and telling me that they have handed my details over to this company who will be in contact with me. he company are well known in the US as copyright trolls.

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From what I know and have read they will ask me for money and if I don't pay will threaten to take me to court.

Of course I know nothing of this activity and it could be anyone with access to my internet connection.

 

That won't get you out of it, your internet connection is your responsibility. Someone I work with had a issue with this before.

You told me before that you used more than just that site though so this must be from one of the other sites.

I've not had anything, I'm with Virgin rather than Sky but they did all this stuff over a year ago.

 

Just say that, then. They'd have difficulty proving it and I doubt it'd be worth their while taking you to court. They probably just hope people will cough up because they're scared.

Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer and accept no responsibility for actions carried out pursuant to the above advice.

 

http://torrentfreak.com/sky-will-hand-over-customer-data-in-movie-piracy-case-150310/

 

Thanks, I quoted the same link in the OP.

 

And BTW you're responsible for your internet connection and anything done through it, which is why you should always update the password.

 

There's no way they will bother taking individuals to court. They will just try to scoop as much cash from people who are so scared they pay.