Around 15,000 suspected pirates may soon get legal letters accusing them of illegally sharing movies and games.
ACS:Law plans to send notes to the accused in the new year offering a chance to settle out of court for “several hundreds of pounds”.
A lawyer who has defended people who have received similar letters described it as a “scattergun approach” that would catch “innocent people”.
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