Today saw the disgraced, discredited bully Andrew Crossley up before the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal on 7 charges relating to ACS:Law’s (his former company, since shut down) harassment of alleged file-sharers. ISPreview’s commentary on proceedings is worth reading, particularly the section dealing with how, even though declared bankrupt, Crossley still lives the high life. Crossley has also still to pay the fine levied on him by the ICO.
Karma At Work
Sloppy and shoddy practices, questionable conduct, failing to provide information. No, this isn’t another post about ACS:Law. Bear these phrases in mind as we take a look at karma visiting a US based legal firm and paying them back big time.
The internet powered age provides many positives. These same positives can also become major pitfalls, as the Steven J. Baum foreclosure firm found out last month.
Temporary Break
Owing to the demands of life I’m taking a break from regular posting here.
I would urge you to visit the NoDPI forum. There is a lot of excellent and educational stuff there about privacy and matters relating to DPI. The sites listed in my Blogroll are all worth dropping by and having a good look round.
Travel well, travel lightly and with light in your heart. Be safe, be happy and don’t let anyone make you afraid.
UPDATE:
Looks like Phorm are trying their luck in Romania. I hope the Romanian techie community can put VFPJ and NoDPI to good use in telling Phorm that both they and their insidious spyware is unwelcome.
ICC Bans Pakistan Cricketers
The news that the ICC has banned the three Pakistan cricketers – Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir – for 10, 7 and 5 years respectively comes mostly as no surprise. The ICC had made its views on the issue quite clear if a guilty verdict was reached and the point needs to be made again that the ICC’s proceedings, although participated in by various people with legal qualifications and experience, are not those of a Court of Law. If the tribunal finds that the ICC’s rules have been broken then they have the right to impose whatever sanction they see fit within their published rules.
ACS:Law & MediaCAT Shut Down?
TorrentFreak reports some very good news if, like me, you believe that the so-called speculative invoicing (aka bullying innocent people) trade is unethical and wrong.
According to a document seen by TorrentFreak, both ACS:Law and their copyright troll client MediaCAT have just completely shut down their businesses.