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gotekix · 10-23-2005, 03:45 PM

I've received a letter like this one from MPAA and Universal when I was around 16 years old. I used to have a private server on FTP before all this kazaa stuff in which I had ripped movies on. The letter didn't have a court date on it but it said something about a $250,000 fine or some nonsense. I threw it out because it didn't say anything about appearing it court, it was more of a warning. A couple days later my internet was cutoff. I called the company and they said I needed to take my server down because the MPAA contacted them. I just said "uhhh I don't know what you're talking about, I don't run a server, I'm only 16 years old." They put the internet back on and that was the end of that.

I was pretty lucky, probably because this was before the MPAA and RIAA were really going after people, plus I was a minor.

I got another letter threatening to sue me from a clothing company because I ordered a fake shirt off ebay and it was seized by customs. I called the lawyer and told him that he can't sue me for having the counterfeit shirt because I never received it and I never knew it was fake until I got the letter from customs. I told him if he wanted to sue anyone it should be the factory in Asia producing the shirts and not the person who bought them. I think me losing my money is punishment enough. Needless to say I never had to go to court or talk to them anymore.

10-23-2005, 03:45 PM	#170 (permalink)
gotekix Upright Location: Seattle	I've received a letter like this one from MPAA and Universal when I was around 16 years old. I used to have a private server on FTP before all this kazaa stuff in which I had ripped movies on. The letter didn't have a court date on it but it said something about a $250,000 fine or some nonsense. I threw it out because it didn't say anything about appearing it court, it was more of a warning. A couple days later my internet was cutoff. I called the company and they said I needed to take my server down because the MPAA contacted them. I just said "uhhh I don't know what you're talking about, I don't run a server, I'm only 16 years old." They put the internet back on and that was the end of that. I was pretty lucky, probably because this was before the MPAA and RIAA were really going after people, plus I was a minor. I got another letter threatening to sue me from a clothing company because I ordered a fake shirt off ebay and it was seized by customs. I called the lawyer and told him that he can't sue me for having the counterfeit shirt because I never received it and I never knew it was fake until I got the letter from customs. I told him if he wanted to sue anyone it should be the factory in Asia producing the shirts and not the person who bought them. I think me losing my money is punishment enough. Needless to say I never had to go to court or talk to them anymore.