Advise on how to deal with the issue of Comcast being issued subpoena for my information

[Great-Kazoo]

Any update on this? Close family friend just got a similar letter. The only person that is home is old grandma that doesn't even know how to use a computer not to mention torrents. Everyone else is at work so no one could have downloaded it.

They're all in jail.

















Seriously who da fuq pays attention to anything comcast says. They can't connect you with a mainland CSR, let alone someone who has a grasp on the english language.

[cstone]

You can hire an attorney and attempt to quash the subpoena, however, this would probably not succeed. Do you have wifi at the house? Is your wifi router secure? WEP/WPA, etc...? Have you or anyone else at the house shared your access information to use your wifi router? How many houses or streets are near enough that someone could access your wifi router?

If you are certain whoever is investigating will not find what they are looking for on your computer, then you have little to be worried about. I would suggest you backup any data from those computers and keep the backup somewhere other than your house. If someone serves a search warrant for the computers in your home, they will have them for a while. If this happens, you may want to consult with an attorney at that point.

[BushMasterBoy]

I saw a link where a case like this was dismissed for "misjoinder". I believe the courts found improper "speculative invoicing".

Australian court decision http://www.zdnet.com/article/court-d...to-infringers/

California https://casetext.com/case/patrick-collins-127

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/...ddress-lawsuit

I am not a lawyer, but I have represented myself sucessfully in the courts for most of my life!

[spqrzilla]

See the links in my post #18

[kwando]

My friends just received a certified letter from the law firm.

[lc_nab]

I apologize to all for not being able to answer before, I thank you all for your advise and concern and opinions about the matter.

As of a few weeks ago, they dropped the ip address that comcast gave me from the case, seems that after consulting and gathering all the information and reading some of the laws.

They do not have enough evidence to hold you accountable "assuming that you are guilty" and only an IP address is not enough evidence, secondly a shady company was used to trace the IP address that supposedly was used, third it is in fact that the lawsuit is against the IP address that they claim that you used and it is not directly at you, unless they name you.
Which is highly unlikely that they would, because again the lack of evidence and that it would cost more money to do so, since they are only look for quick profits. Going to court with no means other than an IP address is set for failure, but then again there is always that chance. Have your friend read, learn and consult if needed. And keep any letters sent to him, to use it against them if he is ever summoned, he can show it as harassment. Of course I am not a lawyer and by no means this is not legal advice, if ever in doubt always consult a lawyer that knows about this cases. Check copyright trolls or die troll die , it has plenty of info.

[cstone]

When I was doing that type of work, we would frequently remind the easily exciteable crowd (supervisors) that "You can't put cuffs on a keyboard; so you need to put a body at the keyboard at the time the crime was committed."

There are ways of doing it without actually catching people in the act, but it requires quite a bit of good investigation coupled with good forensic work. It certainly doesn't work the same way in real life the way it does on CSI or NCIS

Glad to hear it turned out well for you.