Clever file sharing?

[BoredBloke]

"They have a whole armoury of dirty tricks that they use in these cases and a shoot first ask questions later attitude to litigation. It is common for them to bring an action, subsequently find they have no evidence to take to court and then drop the case without warning, leaving the victim with substantial legal costs for defending an action that they would have been awarded costs for had it gone to court."

So they use the same tactics as the revenue then

[DaveB]

"They have a whole armoury of dirty tricks that they use in these cases and a shoot first ask questions later attitude to litigation. It is common for them to bring an action, subsequently find they have no evidence to take to court and then drop the case without warning, leaving the victim with substantial legal costs for defending an action that they would have been awarded costs for had it gone to court."

So they use the same tactics as the revenue then

At least with the Revenue you know you are getting sued. It's is common for these guys to sub poena an ISP for customer infomration and start action against them without actually informing them, meaning they don't get to be represented in court at the initial hearings.