Anti-P2P lawyer barred
p2pnet news | Freedom:- Elizabeth Martin, a lawyer hired by Swiss anti-piracy outfit Logistep, has been banned by the Paris Bar Council for six months for mailing “hundreds of thousands of threatening letters demanding that alleged file-sharers pay 400 euros (about $630)”.
She’s also barred from the National Council of the Bars (CNB) and other such professional associations for 10 years
“In her letters she warned alleged file-sharers that should it be necessary to take anyone to court, the costs would be substantial,” says TorrentFreak, going on:
“File-sharers were also led to believe that should they be found guilty, they would not only be responsible for their own costs, but those of the other side.”
Her wording is, “very similar to other letters received all across Europe, including those received from UK lawyers Davenport Lyons, who are also working with Logistep in exactly the same manner,” says the story.
“Their version is, ‘In the event that you were not able to pay whatever sums the court may direct, our client would have no option but to take steps to enforce the debt against your property’.”
A Conseil de l’Ordre du Barreau de Paris disciplinary investigation ruled, “By choosing to reproduce aggressive foreign methods, intended to force payments, the interested party also violated [the code] which specifies that the lawyer cannot unfairly represent a situation or seriousness of threat,” says TorrentFreak, adding:
“In addition, the lawyer also violated the code by cashing payments into a private account, not the usual dedicated litigation account, known as a ‘Carpa’. Martin also refused to reveal how many payments had been received from file-sharers.”
One might almost call this extortion, something regularly and routinely used by Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG’s RIAA against alleged file sharers without a murmur from US legal bodies.
TorrentFreak – Lawyer Who Threatened File-Sharers is Banned For 6 months, April 5, 2008
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April 5th, 2008 at 9:29 am
those frenchies again, shows the world how it’s done
the bastille storming, the very humane art of executing bad guys via guilotine and now the first of those species of MAFIAA vultures gets it in france.
lets hope the US will follow!
Hey Mr. Lawyer of the Year* RIAA Richard have you take notes about it already?!!
* http://www.hro.com/resources/custom/publications/GabrielLawWeek.pdf
April 5th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Ya! The next step is to just shoot the parasites without warning.
Fair enought.
April 5th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
“the very humane art of executing bad guys via guilotine”
Actually, it WAS considered humane. Previous execution methods such as hanging could be long and painful if not done properly. The guillotine severed the head immediately and it was believed that the person either died instantly, or wasn’t aware of what had happened due to the shock. Because of the nature of being beheaded, it’s hard to collect any real evidence, but most scientists believe that even if the person is aware of what’s happened to them, it doesn’t last more than 10-15 seconds.
April 6th, 2008 at 4:44 am
And the Big 4 wonder why we call them a “cartel/gang”? This trashy lawyer they sick on people is the perfect example of why they do such things.
April 7th, 2008 at 4:28 am
Sacre Bleu !!!
April 7th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Mon Dieu!
April 7th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Required reading on the “humane” argument.
1. We English had, embarrassingly, no intention of being humane: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hung_drawn_and_quartered
2. The guillotine was probably as good as you could get: http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/thefrenchrevolution/a/dyk10.htm