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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
get a lawyer, if you can't afford one, then the courts will appoint one for you for no charge.
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Not correct. Court appointed representation is only applicable in criminal matters. This is civil.
If you can not afford a lawyer, you should immediately contact legal aid.
Ignoring this will not make it better.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
you don't need to have $50,000. If they convict you they can just garnish your wages until you've paid off the $50,000.
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Only if they are awarded $50,000.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
You can decide to not go to court, that will cause a default judgement against you and you lose automatically.
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Also not correct. Failure to appear means only that you have no opportunity to address any evidence against you. To obtain default judgement, they must satisfy the court to a preponderance of the evidence that you did what they say you did, that they were damaged as they say they were. They would have to show that they were deprived of $50,000 in revenue by your activities.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
You probably won't go to jail, but there's a possibility that you could, albeit small.
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If they choose to contact the FBI and file a criminal complaint, it will be investigated. Whether or not you are charged would be up to the U.S. Attorney's office in your district.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
As far as it only being a week, they probably targetted you a lot longer than just when you downloaded Fast Times.
Each time you took a chance and didn't get caught, that's one time you got away. Sometimes you aren't so lucky as exampled by your letter.
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
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Very likely.
Get a lawyer. You definitely need one.