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Old 19-01-2017, 14:01   #35
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Re: UK piracy crackdown

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
People only got "caught" by speculative invoicing when they wrongly assumed the IP address was sufficient evidence to find them personally liable in a civil court, and paid up to avoid being dragged in front of the beak. It turns out that British courts will not find someone liable for copyright infringement based on an IP address because it only identifies an address, and not the user responsible.
But they sever that connection if told to do so by the courts?
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