Law Firm puts Copyright Claims on the Internet auction

The law firm colleagues Urmann + (U + C) apparently has started an auction on the Internet, when they sold out copyright infringement claims with a total volume of 90 million € to other attorneys and collection agencies. The claims are likely to dine out around 70,000 warnings against users of peer-to-peer networks in the "Adult Entertainment".

The law firm Urmann + colleagues auctioned apparently claims copyright on the Internet.

The information about the law firms practice were leaked to the net-world-news operation in a fax that is inviting to the auction. According to the warnings, the U + C has spoken out against file sharers, are apparently auctioned in parcels totaling over 1,200 €. The respective cases are "similar and the same legal activities" and represented the claims of "well-known clients in the area of ​​adult entertainment", it is to read the fax. Up to and including Monday 12 December, by 10 clock takes part in the auction.

"An unusual step of a law firm"

attorney Christian Solmecke who volunteered in the case of Origin and Electronic Arts to word refers to the actions of the law firm as an "unusual step of a law firm since the beginning of the file-sharing warnings." In addition, the legal basis of the auction was more than doubtful, as appropriate warning procedures often underlie criminal and civil claims for information which could not simply be passed on to third parties. Furthermore, it is completely unclear whether the claims were justified from the approximately 70,000 warnings at all, Solmecke.

Come to view the attorney as purchaser of the receivables packages U + C, especially professional debt collection agency in question, for those concerned with their "standard procedure" to exert pressure and thus reach monies which are not collect in the conventional way.

So far no comment from U + C

U + C wins the auction of the assets by committing money, even without lengthy and potentially fruitless litigation need to. So far there is no official statement of the law firms attorneys. According to Heise Online U + C responded to demand that from "time constraints" no comment was possible.

For years, the law firm is known for its sueing practices against users of peer-to-peer networks. Appropriate advice can be found