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Prenda Law

4 pointsby omarchowdhuryalmost 5 years ago

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Sebb767almost 5 years ago
We actually had a similar case in Germany. The law office Urmann &amp; Collegen sent out collection letters to a lot of people for allegedly violating copyright by watching a porn movie. As this didn&#x27;t work out well they threatened to publicise a &#x27;list of foes&#x27;, making the names of the alleged violators public.<p>Luckily, this was prevented, but things got even more absurd when it turned out that the method used to find the violators was probably violating german law (they claimed to have a secret method of getting the IP without cooperation of either the user or the platform).<p>Links (in German): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=asE5f8K-0xE" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=asE5f8K-0xE</a> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.anwalt.de&#x2F;rechtstipps&#x2F;lg-essen-pornopranger-von-uc-ist-rechtswidrig_054846.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.anwalt.de&#x2F;rechtstipps&#x2F;lg-essen-pornopranger-von-...</a>