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Movie Companies Sue Lawyer in Dispute Over Piracy Settlement Cash

TorrentFreak

For companies whose movies are downloaded and shared illegally, solutions have been developed that allow them to monitor suspected pirates and track them back to their ISPs, before obtaining their identities and making a settlement offer to end the risk of a full-blown lawsuit.

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Enforcing Copyright Outside the Courtroom – The New Notice Regimes

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

Automatic Forwarding Unfortunately, the original system was subject to abuse as social media platforms tended to forward all copyright notices they received in order to limit their liability. These letters were used to effectively extort settlement money from alleged infringers.