It’s been a terrible week for firms needing to build businesses about earn money from prohibited picture downloaders. Last Friday found an Australian judge reject Voltage Pictures the rigth to send a letter to downloaders of Dallas Buyers Club. Justice Nye Perram determined that Voltage and its own attorneys, were participating in “high risk invoicing”, a practice that’s a kind of legal blackmail: “pay us a big enough amount so that we do not take you to court where you’ll potentially face an even bigger but unspecified fine”.

The letters sent endanger exceptionally big possible punishment, including prison sentences.

Rightscorp finds it tough to do it right

Law firms racing to manage this work on behalf of Voltage Pictures should look in the United States to the instance of of Rightscorp. Rightscorp is a firm whose entire business relies on pursuing alleged downloaders of movies and TV shows. In addition they take part in the custom of invoicing that is high risk, but so far, have located the company to be far from prosperous.

Rightscorp ask for comparatively modest payments of US $20 and so ask for more cash, or they are going to have to locate more downloaders. With asking for more cash, the trouble is Rightscorp would be confronted with the expensive alternative of taking them to court and the fact that in case the stakes get too high, folks might call their bluff.

Rightscorp is also finding that the procedure for unmasking downloaders is becoming more difficult. In the US a Judge refused an appeal that will have driven ISP Birch Communications to disclose the identities of their customers accused of downloading pictures.