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Now if only torrenting wouldn't mean an automatic 500€ invoice from a very specific law firm in my country :(
For about 5€ a month you can free yourself from these risks
Alle meine Zuhausis hassen Waldorf Frommer!
sounds like pure intimidation to me.
1/ one could have "never received this letter"
2/ one could decide not to pay, and then what? will they go to court? based on what evidence?
3/ if it ever goes to court, "i don't know, i wasnt even home that day" should always work no?
i don't understand while in some countries (actually only one that i know of, Germany) people seem to be terrified by this lawyer's spam...
Oh no it isn't. Walldorf Frommer is well known to send "Unterlassungerklärungen" which you have to answer. It will go to court if you do not work against this. You normally need your own lawyer to defuse what they send you.
Also, if you are in court, there is the concept of "Störerhaftung" which is a wet dream for everyone suing you for copyright infringement. They will have your IP and the time, thus your address. Now you either have to name someone who did do it, or if you can't you will automatically be liable.
This isn't any intimidation, it is one company using the laws in place here to fuck you majorly over. There are a lot of stories about this and if you seed on any public tracker you WILL get a letter.