The more I have read about this phenomenon (being a 'virgin' till the recorded letter arrived) the more annoyed I have become. I have not downloaded what I am being accused of and neither let anyone else do it. All the various contributions on here illustrate that this is a fundamentally unsound (and in some cases illegitimate) technology and that it is 'unsafe and unsound' as a means to establish guilt (in the UK certainly- entrapment and/ or no evidence that ISP 'owner' was present when alleged offence took place). There have been TV programmes apparently on UK TV showing how easy (and frequent) is the hijacking/ piggy backing / hacking of wireless internet connections. I have come to the conclusion that this is indeed simply a fishing exercise to smoke out those who indeed know they are guilty ('fair cop guv' scenarios) or the nervy/ non-cognate people who will pay up to 'make it all go away'. The fact that it is- for the moment- a legitimate practice for erstwhile bona fide UK law firms to engage in only makes it more annoying.

On another forum they are saying what is different about this one (from the text I published from the papers I receivd) is that it only refers to emule and that this requires a 'user name' that can be used to identify someone. But I have scoured web on this- as hoping the said username might identify whover hacked my wireless connection- and it seems that majority of user names are actually something default like 'project emule'. Anyone shed any light on this?

I've tried to start this as a new thread but it is not showing up so here goes: A new Sheriff in Town? Recorded letter from 'Tilly Bailey Irvine' on behalf of M&M GMBH with an 'offer of settlement' for p2p copyright fraud ***** Hi everyone- Any comments and advice from the community very much appreciated on this. I am in the position to pay their suggested 'fine' as a settlement but I did not d/l or share the file they state and I do not want the implied guilt of a 'quick settlement to get ot all sorted and off my mind' scenario. I recently received a recorded letter from 'Tilly Bailey Irvine' a firm of UK lawyers representing 'Media & More GMBH & CO KG'. It does not appear to be a 'Part 36' letter as it is requiring a 14 day maximum response time (UK Justice Ministry guidelines state clearly clearly 'not less than 21 days' to respond to a formal part 36 and I cannot see the phrase "Part 36" anywhere on it which is also a requirement of a letter 'intended to have the consequences of a part 36'. The letter included a copy of a spreadsheet with hundreds of other IP address on it- so I imagine other people will be receiving similar letters. They allege I used p2p software to download porn: what they have identified I did not. The company they used to trawl for IP was 'Media Protetcor GMBH' who have a website Stop-P2P-Piracy - Select Language On their FAQ it states that it is impossible for their technology to identify an IP address incorrectly; or for your wireless connection to be hacked into so that an intruder can use your signal connection to download/ upload i.e. if this were the case then MP GMBH would pick up on that and not identify IP address in their trawl. The TBI 'offer letter' appears markedly different from the ones being discussed such as the DL/ACS and Andrew Crossley situations. For example it refers to a major case at the High Court in London (Justice Warren on 28th January 2010) and it says that there will be no more contact between them and myself unless I agree to their undertakings and make the three digit compensation- otherwise they will move straight to court proceedings. Here is the relevant text: "Legal Consequences The extensive file sharing activity is causing damage to our client's business. Our client is therefore left with no alternative but to police its intellectual property rights and enforce them against infringers. In the event that it becomes necessary for our client to bring a claim against you for copyright infringement, the legal costs of those proceedings will be substantial. We must make you aware that if successful, our client will be entitled to recover from you damages and a contribution towards its legal costs of bringing the claim to court. You will also have to incur your own legal costs. We estimate that collectively such costs would be several thousand pounds. In the event that you were not able to pay whatever sums the court may direct, our client would have no option but to take steps to enforce the debt against your property." Next Steps — payment and undertakings You can provide the undertaking (referred to at 1 and 2 above) by signing the written undertakings enclosed with this letter and returning them to this firm, together with your payment, using the attached payment form. Payment must be made either by cheque, bank transfer, credit card or SWITCH/DELTA. No other form of payment will be accepted. For the avoidance of doubt, these undertakings will represent an agreement between you and our client and if you act in breach of that agreement, our client will have no option but to take further action against you. The payment and undertakings must be made and received by us within 14 days of receipt of this letter. Next Steps — commencing proceedings In the event that either the payment or undertakings are not received within fourteen days of the date of this letter, we are instructed to commence proceedings without further notice. " I am minded to send a brief LOD by recorded delivery but am worried about the phrase of " we are instructed to commence proceedings without further notice" - this was not used by ACS. Any advice on what steps to take much appreciated.