Careful in what you download using bittorrent

[LadyJ]

The ISP will not share it's information unless told to do so by a judge.

The companies sending these letters need to send proof beyond reasonable doubt, and then have a solicitor look at it.

I agree It might be just a fake letter from someone who's trying to make money.

[Arturo]

I agree It might be just a fake letter from someone who's trying to make money.

I have thought about this.... but how would a scammer know the details of any downloads or even if teh peson had a computer!

Some may be genuine "threats" - but back in the UK, I recall there woul dbe a blitz of publicity on TV or some kid aged 10 was being threatened with jail if not paying a ridiculous high figure for a downloaded film!

As an aside on the high cost of downloading music and films etc,.
there are also pirate programmes being downloaded or discs copies.

My S I L works for a bank in Sydney as an IT manager. I just legally bought a full version of Microsoft Office 2007 for less than GBP£20.
If Microsoft applied a similar price (a single licence ie use on only one computer) to all their software... nobody would bother about using pirate software. They would get more revenue and have to spend less on anti piracy.
Same applies to films and music downloads.