Davenport Lyons are threatening to issue proceedings against me. They got a Court Order against Telewest, amongst others. Allegedly, my 13-year-old son downloaded a game illegally. I have spoken to him, he didn't know he was doing anything illegal. He didn't install the game and never played it, so he derived no benefit from it. Davenport Lyons are claiming £565 from me. I'm a single mum with two children, now 14 and 4, struggling on benefits. There are no childminders to collect my daughter from school so my employment possibilities are limited. Why do Atari and Davenport Lyons need £565 more than I do? Is this how our legal system is organised? To allow predatory lawyers to trawl through records to persecute a child for a genuine mistake?
They have tried this money-making operation before until the country got sick of it, apparently:
http://torrentfreak.com/youre-caught-dow...
To add insult to injury, if I settle out of court and pay the minimum £10 a month they are prepared to accept, the total amount repayable is £656.00. In addition to this, I have to answer a detailed questionnaire and provide them with a statement of means to prove that I cannot afford their original, and in my opinion, extortionate, claim.
I felt that this should be brought to the attention of the public, don't you agree?
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080825/23...
http://www.eurogamer.net/forum_thread_po...
http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.ph...
http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.ph...
http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.ph...
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/to
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