Davenport Lyons 'stregthens' client list with porn copyright litigation
London media firm Davenport Lyons is ‘strengthening’ its client list with [ahem] adult entertainment companies aka porn, as part of a push into copyright litigation.
Dispute resolution partners David Gore and Roger Billins, along with IP partner Brian Miller, are advising copyright owners on internet IP breaches. They have already begun distributing cease-and-desist letters to people suspected of illegally downloading pornography – one elderly couple received a letter demanding £500, accusing them of illegally downloading gay porn film Army …
London media firm Davenport Lyons is ‘strengthening’ its client list with [ahem] adult entertainment companies aka porn, as part of a push into copyright litigation.
Dispute resolution partners David Gore and Roger Billins, along with IP partner Brian Miller, are advising copyright owners on internet IP breaches. They have already begun distributing cease-and-desist letters to people suspected of illegally downloading pornography – one elderly couple received a letter demanding £500, accusing them of illegally downloading gay porn film Army F*ckers . The couple are protesting their innocence…
According to the Lawyer Billins said the firm would accept porn companies as clients “as long as they can prove to us that they own the rights to the titles and that the content isn’t illegal” .
However, the firms actions has provoked something of an outrage among observers:
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December 9, 2008
They say Porn is recession proof.
as long as it keeps people gainfully employed.
Not to sure about harassing old folk though.
December 9, 2008
don’t know what sort of porn diversity my a** has been watching, one can only imagine
December 9, 2008
Even porn needs representation. I mean isn’t it the largest on line industry. You can’t really scoff at that, sex sells and where there is money everything else follows. I mean you don’t see women making specific complaints against firms acting for arms manufacturers even though more women and children are probably harmed by such things.
December 9, 2008
Perhaps online porn is a huge industry…
but can you imagine the legal team visiting their new clients ‘onsite’
nervous shuffling as the silicon squad clock in for ‘work’
But.. @ GorbonB – as long as it pays the bills.