There have been a couple of interesting threads on the subject recently
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...ighlight=court http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...ght=bittorrent
I understand that the MPAA and the RIAA in the USA have some very intimidating means of scaring the hell out of people so that they bend over and pay up.
I have no idea as to the legality of sending this sort of letter, but I'm sure a good lawer could rip the thing apart .. the trouble is that that would cost a lot of money.
Torrent afaics is no more safe than Limewire..
As you can see, no one has all the definitive facts, and I would ask you to do one thing before you do anything rash, which is to check that this correspondence is genuine.
One poor person was scared to death by threatening letters ..removed all incriminating files from his computer and found that, in fact, a "friend" had sent the letter through a website that specializes in sending spoof e-mails.
To anyone who says "what a waste of space this topic is" ... I would say they are wrong .. If any thread answers all the questions, it can then be stickied and the subject closed ... not yet I think
