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BeingThreatened.com does not condone the reported leak of ACS:Law's email data. In the strongest possible terms, we would highlight to anyone considering downloading the archive to think of how they would feel had it been their own privacy breached, and therefore abandon such thoughts.

BeingThreatened.com is extremely concerned at some of the reports in news articles that the data released contains credit card details, full lists of individuals returned from ISPs and case discussion, especiall...
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If you have received a questionnaire in the post from a certain law firm, you are probably wondering what to make of it. Read the all new bonus chapter to the Speculative Invoicing Handbook for our take on it:

Bonus Chapter: Not replying to a questionnaire [pdf]





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The Speculative Invoicing Handbook will tell you everything you need to know to understand your position when it comes to these filesharing cash demands. Download it today, read it today, spread the word!

Link: http://bit.ly/thehandbook



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We'd like to thank all the members of our community who took the time to respond to the government consultation on legislation to address illegal p2p filesharing. You can read the responses and the government response to the consultation here. Unfortunately, the concerns raised by our community seem to have been largely ignored.

We are extremely dissatisfied with the consultation process undertaken on the problem of illicit filesharing. The summary published alongside the government consultati...
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We wish to remind everyone in the community that action is most effective when many people take it! Help us help you, we need as many people as possible to go and see their MP (preferably in person), and phone the SRA to lodge a complaint regarding your treatment.

Additionally, many of you will be aware that the government is holding a consultation at the moment on how to deal with illegal filesharing. As this action has demonstrated the huge number of false positives from the monitoring activ...
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This blog post was written by Spudley, one of our chatroom regulars:

Acting for the community

After logging my complaints with the ICO, SRA and CAB, I figured the only thing left was to make an appointment to see my local MP.  Last week I went to see my MP face to face. As a result of my visit he has been actively working on my behalf to try and bring an end to the unwarranted action.

Before my visit he had no idea that any of this was happening, so I feel like I have contributed to something t...
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I've received a Part 36 offer, what does it mean?

The first and most important thing to note is that the Part 36 offer is little different to the initial letters of claim. As such, if you are innocent, you are still under no obligation to pay, and the offer will only come into effect for costs if you lose in court.

A Part 36 offer is a tactic used to make a formal offer to settle which has costs and other consequences if not accepted. If you have received an offer you will notice a statement th...
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Now that we have quite a bit of a community here, and now that the community is making an effort to get more attention for this issue, I feel a brief word on image and presentation is needed. After all, we will only be taken seriously by the media and other organisations if we present a united and professional front.


When contacting/complaining about your letter to the media or elsewhere please:

- State the facts in a calm manner. Nobody is interested in reading rants or rumours.
- Present only ...
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