UK Anti-Piracy Firm E-mails Reveal Cavalier Attitude Toward Legal Threats 200
Khyber writes "A recent DDoS attack against a UK-based anti-pirating firm, ACS:Law, has resulted in a large backup archive of the server contents being made available for download, [and this archive] is now being hosted by the Pirate Bay. Within this archive are e-mails from Andrew Crossley basically admitting that he is running a scam job, sending out thousands of frivolous legal threats on the premise that a percentage pay up immediately to avoid legal hassles."
Re:Wow. - Extortion vs Coercion (Score:1, Funny)
Hey, there's an Apple story on the front page. Shouldn't you be pissing all over that?
Re:Wow. - Extortion vs Coercion (Score:3, Funny)
"Be prosecuted" shouldn't be a threat if you're innocent,
Seriously? You couldn't finish reading that sentence to realize I was making your point? If a comment is only 2 sentences long, you might want to read both of them before rushing off to insult someone.