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Originally Posted by smooth
1. You are not entitled to an attorney in this situation. At worst, this is going to be litigated in a civil court. You do not have a right to legal representation in a civil trial. You may ask the court, but you will not likely recieve it. Requests may be granted for litigants claiming their civil rights have been violated, but they aren't entitled to them. You don't even have the sympathy of the law on your side in this issue.
2. You might be able to mount some defense that someone else did it. But once again, this is not criminal law. You are not entitled to the same protections or standard of guilt in a civil trial. It operates under the preponderance of the evidence, not beyond reasonable doubt. If the fact finder comes to the conclusion that you are 51% likely to have committed the grievance or somehow liable, the ruling will be in the plaintiff's favor.
3. Posting here was one of the worst things you could have done. A) remove all of your logged posts, B) beg Halx to purge the database of your statements, and C) contact a real attorney.
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This is by far the best advice you could get in this situation. The simple reality is....You need to take this as the real deal, and act accordingly. Personally, I have never downloaded Music/movies because if the risks involved (illegal and Virus content) but, it seems you decided the risks were arbitatry compared to the entertainment value. The only thing left to say here.....
Good Freakin' Luck.