Barence writes "A PC Pro reader has received a demand for a £600 out-of-court settlement from a lawyer claiming to have forensic evidence that he illegally downloaded a PC game on BitTorrent.
Davenport Lyons is acting on the behalf of German games distributor Zuxxez, creator of the game in question, Two Worlds. The PC Pro reader was given no prior warning to stop file sharing, unlike the usual "three strikes and you're out" approach adopted by the music industry, which gives users two warnings to stop sharing before legal proceedings are instigated.
The reader even says, "To add insult to injury it [Davenport Lyons] didn't pay enough postage on the letter and I had to collect it from the sorting office at a cost of £1.30. This also used up most of the two weeks that it allowed for a response."" Link to Original Source
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So, if a lawyer sends you a letter with insufficient postage, are you in any way obligated to pay it to receive the letter? I suppose it is a cheapass way to get a confirmed delivery of the letter...
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