[pp.int.general] Extortion letter laws

[Mikko Särelä]

Hi,

I have an important request for assistance to you, my fellow pirates. 

I know that many countries have or have had laws that allow "warning 
letters" to be sent to the owners of IP addresses. Similar law is being 
introduced to the Finnish parliament as I write. 

The help I need from you is stories of the problems you have had with such 
laws - preferably along with a reference to a newspaper (e.g. URL) telling 
about it. We need documented examples of things gone wrong because of such 
laws, if we are going to stand a chance to prevent this law from 
happening. (The elections are coming, so there is a chance of that 
happening). 

-- 
Mikko Särelä
 "Power that is limited by nothing, by no laws,
  that is restrained by absolutely no rules,
  that rests directly on coercion" -V.I. Lenin on Communism