Okay, so I don’t approve of the activities of the people who sent this nasty little man death threats. However, the outcome is good news.
A lawyer has dramatically withdrawn from pursuing alleged illegal file-sharers in the middle of a court case he brought.
The patent court in London is currently scrutinising 27 cases brought by ACS: Law on behalf of its client MediaCAT.
The law firm had sent thousands of letters to alleged file-sharers.
But in a statement read to the court, solicitor Andrew Crossley, said he had now ceased all such work.
He cited criminal attacks and bomb threats as reasons.
“I have ceased my work…I have been subject to criminal attack. My e-mails have been hacked. I have had death threats and bomb threats,” he said in the statement, read to the court by MediaCAT’s barrister Tim Ludbrook.
“It has caused immense hassle to me and my family,” he added.
As I said, I do not support illegal activity. However, given that this man actively sought to hassle and intimidate people in an attempt to extort money from them using the allegation of illegal downloading, despite many of the victims he was pursuing being entirely innocent of such activities, my sympathy for him is limited. Limited to zero, in fact. You reap what you sow, frankly.
Not always – there are those who are being hounded and pursued for exposing wrong. Pat Condell and Janet Tavakoli are two who spring to mind who’ll be putting up with some stick.
“my sympathy for him is limited. Limited to zero, in fact.”
lol