September 26, 2010
Friday night the anti-piracy law firm ACS:Law accidentally published its entire email archive online, effectively revealing how the company managed to extract over a million dollars (£636,758.22) from alleged file-sharers since its operation started. On average, 30% of the victims who were targeted paid up, and this money was divided between the law firm, the copyright holder and the monitoring company.
Right before the weekend the notorious ACS:Law managed to expose backups of its entire website and email database to the outside world. Hundreds of people have meanwhile started to dissect the contents of the mails, and are sharing their findings in forums and in comments posted online.
Aside from a lot of personal stuff, regular passwords, PayPal details and private pictures, the emails also shed a whole new light on the effectiveness of the letters of claim that are being sent out to thousands of
BitTorrent users and how the recouped money was divided.
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Friday night the anti-piracy law firm ACS:Law accidentally published its entire email archive online, effectively revealing how the company managed to extract over a million dollars (£636,758.22) from alleged file-sharers since its operation started. On average, 30% of the victims who were targeted paid up, and this money was divided between the law firm, the copyright holder and the monitoring company.
Right before the weekend the notorious ACS:Law managed to expose backups of its entire website and email database to the outside world. Hundreds of people have meanwhile started to dissect the contents of the mails, and are sharing their findings in forums and in comments posted online.
Aside from a lot of personal stuff, regular passwords, PayPal details and private pictures, the emails also shed a whole new light on the effectiveness of the letters of claim that are being sent out to thousands of
BitTorrent users and how the recouped money was divided.
Read Full Article
.
