Gallant Macmillan trying to take me to court?

[Unbilotitled]

My mum recived a letter through from this 'company' today demanding a payment of £375 for downloading ministry of sound 'big tunes back to the 90's' which i havent downloaded? apparently i have been using bittorrent and the only evidence they have against me is an IP address? this doesnt seem ligit and apparently they have a court order against my mum...what the hell? ive been looking on google for research and apparently its happening to loads of inocent people..i need advice on what to do about this matter, much apreshiated thankyou.

[Niall!]

My mum recived a letter through from this 'company' today demanding a payment of £375 for downloading ministry of sound 'big tunes back to the 90's' which i havent downloaded? apparently i have been using bittorrent and the only evidence they have against me is an IP address? this doesnt seem ligit and apparently they have a court order against my mum...what the hell? ive been looking on google for research and apparently its happening to loads of inocent people..i need advice on what to do about this matter, much apreshiated thankyou.

Don't pay. If you did download it, get a magnet and run it in one direction several times over your hard drive.

Problem solved.

FIGHT THE POWER

[Robbie]

Ignore it and do not enter into any contact. If more come, ignore them. They will never send anyone around or take you to court. They just try and scare people. IGNORE!

[Samantha.]

Like others have said, just ignore the letter and don't pay it!

[Calvin]

Just ignore them as the others said or you could try and ring the police, but if you actually downloaded it then nevermind about the police thing. :P

[Unbilotitled]

Its not just that though, the letter looks so dodgey, and the site does not look proffessional at all...

[Samantha.]

which gives you even more reason to ignore it! They are probably trying to scam money out of you for something you havent done!

[MrPinkPanther]

What site did they reference?

[Rapidshare]

YOu havent given us a company name so cant really help there,

Scan the letter, remove addresses and references plus your mum name and upload it.

[Unbilotitled]

What site did they reference?

www.pay-2-play.co.uk but there company is http://www.gmlegal.co.uk/

---------- Post added 26-08-2010 at 09:46 PM ----------

they say :

Philosophy

As solicitors regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, we are obliged to comply with the Solicitors Code of Conduct (http://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/code-of-conduct.page).
Over and beyond that, we are committed to handling these claims for copyright infringement in a proportionate, transparent and reasonable manner.
To this end:



We will only act for brand owners who are prepared to sue in their own names.
We understand that threatening legal proceedings can be distressing. Whilst committed to act in our client's best interests, we strive to communicate with the recipients of our letters in a respectful and courteous fashion.
We encourage the recipients of our letters to take independent legal advice.
If we are unable to reach an agreement with the recipient of our letters, and still consider that our client has a good claim, we shall sue. We recognise that it is not appropriate to make threats of proceedings and to not then follow through with those threats in appropriate cases.
We do not act in claims involving adult content.

[Rapidshare]

You still haven't told us the letter. The websites dont really matter to be honest

[Unbilotitled]

as requested

http://i33.tinypic.com/dqm8wo.jpg
http://i37.tinypic.com/jqme5j.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/149oz78.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/200d3dh.jpg

thanks,

[Robbie]

Look all around the internet - do not enter into any discussion or contact with them at any point and ignore them.

[Unbilotitled]

are they conners???

[Robbie]

Yeah, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1306326/Saudi-couple-hammer-24-hot-nails-maid.html.

Similar to "Davenport Lyons" who did a similar scam and were featured on BBC Watchdog. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2008/12/davenport_lyons_threatening_le.html

[Rigr]

Yeah, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1306326/Saudi-couple-hammer-24-hot-nails-maid.html.

Similar to "Davenport Lyons" who did a similar scam and were featured on BBC Watchdog. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2008/12/davenport_lyons_threatening_le.html

Some of the comments on the second link are really interesting/weird :O

[Rapidshare]

Did you upload anything at all?

[Mikey]

I suggest you show your mum what Robbie posted.

[Nemo]

If this is real though, what happens if they tried to search his computer and found other torrented stuff?

[Rapidshare]

If this is real though, what happens if they tried to search his computer and found other torrented stuff?

How are they gonna do that..?

[Unbilotitled]

they cant do **** anyway...i doubt theyll spend out and loose money for a court case which they wont win from an IP. and like theyre gunna get a warrent to search my PC for an album..i highly doubt

[Nemo]

they cant do **** anyway...i doubt theyll spend out and loose money for a court case which they wont win from an IP. and like theyre gunna get a warrent to search my PC for an album..i highly doubt
Well i dont know how these things work, just thought it could be a possibility one should think about :)

[Rapidshare]

Dont bother till next letter.

[Special]

ignor the letter if you think it's wrong/faux

[Fez]

Sue them back for false allegations.

[Starburst..x]

As many people have said before just ignore them, there's been tons of reports of letters like these on programs like Watchdog on the BBC.

[Arron]

I had one of these letters sent to me. Some noob mate of my mums decided to send them a letter back which could be a mistake.

Mine was for downloading MOS - Electronic 80's.

[MrPinkPanther]

Type "Gallant Macmillan" and see the suggestions that come up. It's a generic letter :).

[jimi]

If they phone you up and say 'Can you please confirm your name'
DONT say your name as this starts the court pursuit or saink
my aunty did something in like 2001 and they just phoned her recently and because she confirmed her name they reactivated the court thingy :/

just ignore the letter tho and ignore phone calls if you get em

[Petite$]

Yeah there's all sorts of weird stuff with this:
http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&q=gallant+macmillan+ministry+of+sound&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=Gallant+Macmillan+&gs_rfai=&fp=67d5d5d61e9a0270

Sounds dodgy though. Personally, I'd only actually give a monkeys if the police turned up at my door. Don't ever make contact with them or reply to ANYTHING.

[Robbie]

my aunty did something in like 2001 and they just phoned her recently and because she confirmed her name they reactivated the court thingy :/

If the debt is over 6 years old, it becomes statute barred under Section 5 of the Limitation Act 1980

[Danzilla]

My mate got a letter like this, he really did download the album (forgot what it was) but it was scammers.
Apparently without 3 warnings from your internet provider no one can sue you for illegal downloading.
Just dont reply.

[dbgtz]

i know im late replying but it probably would have helped if you watched the real hustle.
If they're saying you have to pay something for doing something illegal and they're an independant company, ignore it. If it was actually from the government or something and you can check it was then you follow it up.

[Arron]

Can I ask, what happens if you do reply?

A friend of my mums was 'fighting our case' and sent Gallant MacMillan a letter in response of the original, asking to prove that it 100% was us who downloaded the album - or something.

[Robbie]

Can I ask, what happens if you do reply?

A friend of my mums was 'fighting our case' and sent Gallant MacMillan a letter in response of the original, asking to prove that it 100% was us who downloaded the album - or something.

You should never reply. I hope she hasn't put her signature on the letter - some companies have been very shady in the past and used this against people.

[Arron]

Ahh I don't know. I hope she hasn't. But why, what will they do?

[Robbie]

Ahh I don't know. I hope she hasn't. But why, what will they do?

If you look around the internet, a few of these shady "law firms" and "debt collectors" have been known to take the signature as an "agreement" that you will pay the money. Also, some signatures have been copied onto documents. Of course they don't all do this, but there have been cases of it. As I've said previously, getting into contact with them was the worst thing you could've done.