Jane Wakefield reports:
Mobile firm O2 has stepped into the row over thousands of controversial letters that are being sent to alleged illegal file-sharers in the UK.
It condemned the attempts “by rights holders and their lawyers to bully or threaten our customers”.
The row centres around UK law firm ACS:Law and its client DigiProtect, a anti-piracy firm which represents a series of content owners.
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ACS: Law says it has so far identified around 60,000 different UK IP addresses, which reveal the identity of individual computers.
It is in the process of applying for court orders which would force the internet service provider behind the IP address to hand over the physical address of the individual connected to the computer.
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