Heavy Handed Solicitors Demand Payment for Downloads

The UK Firm of solicitors Davenport Lyons have been critcised by the Games industry, the legal industry and now the consumer associations Which? and Watchdog for it’s very heavy handed tatics in persuing individuals for perceived copywrite infringement.

People have been receiving demands for £500 for the illegal sharing of video games and pornography, however, Davenport Lyons has based all of their evidence on IP addresses alone, and this approach has already been discredited in two other european countries.  Many personal home networks aren’t secured, making it relatively easy for other people to download using their networks. 

In fact, in many cities these unsecured free “hotspots” are even identified using a mark on the walls etc outside peoples houses, or listed on websites.

Atari, previous clients of Davenport Lyons, dropped the company last month in the persuit of claims for unauthorised sharing of of Race07. 

Lawdit are acting for hundreds of clients being hounded by Davenport Lyons, and also by Digiprotect lawyers who are using similar tatics for the copywrite infringement of the Scooter song.