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Scammers Demand Piracy Payouts From Megaupload Users

A fake German law firm is demanding compensation from former Megaupload users for alleged copyright infringement

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The bad news continues for ACS:Law after the ICO issued it with a £1,000 fine for lax IT security

All cases against file-sharers bought by ACS:Law have been dismissed - but will Andrew Crossley be fined?

The Patents County Court won't let ACS:Law wriggle out of the controversy it has created

Although ACS:Law and MediaCAT have closed down, the men behind them could still be liable for legal costs

Trying to drop file sharing cases, ACS:Law has got itself in a worse tangle

Anti-piracy law firm ACS:Law has suffered an embarrassing defeat in its first file-sharing court case

The UK's Intellectual Property Office is currently offline, after being hit by the Operation Payback campaign

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Following the recent ACS:Law data breach, BT said it will fight future requests for users' personal information

Ministry of Sound and its lawyer have disappeared from the net as anti-piracy action faces an increased backlash

UK telecoms giant BT is now caught in the fallout from the data breach at a "copyright bully" law firm ACS

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The Information Commissioner has confirmed that it is investigating a major data breach at a UK law firm

Andrew Crossley, who sent hundreds of letters to alleged file-sharers, will answer to accusations of bullying