Fred Bauder wrote:
This is disingenuous. A letter sent by a law firm "to outline our legal concerns" which uses legal language and tells a site that they will settle matters amicably if they meet a demand is a legal threat. It may not actually include the words "or we will sue you", but trying to spin it as not being a legal threat is absurd.
Any communication, however artfully phrased to be non-threatening, from an attorney or a corporation can be taken that way. However, the option of not communicating is not viable.
I think that any member of the general public whose experience with courtrooms is limited to TV dramas is thoroughly intimidated by a mere suggestion that they could end up in court for any issue whatsoever. For them fighting a traffic ticket where winning is a near certainty is a greater penalty than paying a questionable fine. It also explains why copyright paranoia is in such good health.
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