[pp.int.general] UK Anti-Piracy Law Firm Accidentally Releases Emails (W Tovey)

[Jack Allnutt]

  The DDoS was deliberate, but ACS:Law restored a backup which exposed 
the e-mails. A DDoS by itself wouldn't expose them.

-- Jack Allnutt


On 26/09/2010 11:14, Maël Brunet wrote:
> Accidentally? From what I heard, it was the result of a very 
> deliberate DDoS attack by the 4chan guys. I think pirates all over the 
> world have to be extra careful in their reaction to this, as these are 
> methods we should clearly condemn (especially considering the private 
> communication that has also been made public). We have to make it very 
> clear to the public that we want to achieve our goals through legal 
> means, ie political pressure and raising public awareness.
>
> Maël
>
>     Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:54:15 +0100
>     From: W Tovey <will.tovey at pp-international.net
>     <mailto:will.tovey at pp-international.net>>
>     Subject: [pp.int.general] UK Anti-Piracy Law Firm Accidentally
>            Releases        Emails
>     To: pp.international.general at lists.pirateweb.net
>     <mailto:pp.international.general at lists.pirateweb.net>
>     Message-ID: <4C9E3747.2070202 at pp-international.net
>     <mailto:4C9E3747.2070202 at pp-international.net>>
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>
>      Original story:
>     http://torrentfreak.com/acslaw-anti-piracy-law-firm-torn-apart-by-leaked-emails-100925/
>     PPUK response:
>     http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/press/releases/2010/sep/25/anti-piracy-firm-accidentally-releases-emails/
>
>     One of the law firms that has been sending threatening letters to
>     people
>     asking for money over copyright infringement claims accidentally made
>     its email records available last week - these have now been published
>     via tPB etc.
>
>     The emails allegedly contain precise details of how this sort of
>     process
>     works, legal and technical comments and insight into the money and
>     attitudes involved. They should be of interest to anyone looking into
>     this sort of activity, particularly in the UK, Germany and now the US
>     (and the emails indicate this lawyer has been involved in all three
>     countries).
>
>     The lawyer in question is already facing disciplinary action here (and
>     there are emails indicating his dismissive attitude to that) but I
>     would
>     imagine this will cause quite a fuss within the legal community -
>     although so far the mainstream media have been ignoring it.
>
>     -Will
>
>
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