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ACS:Law was a United Kingdom law firm specialising in intellectual property law. [1]

49 relations: Andrew Hopper, Anonymous (group), Ars Technica, BBC News, BitTorrent, British Phonographic Industry, Capitol Records, Inc. v. Thomas-Rasset, Christopher Graham, Colin Birss, Consumer Action Group, Copyright infringement, Copyright law of the United Kingdom, Data Protection Act 1998, Denial-of-service attack, Digital Economy Act 2010, Dubai, Dunning (process), Frankfurt, Greece, High Court of Justice, Information Commissioner's Office, Intellectual property, Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, Internet service provider, IP address, Law firm, Law Society of England and Wales, London, MediaDefender, Megabyte, Microsoft Excel, Norwich Pharmacal order, Operation Payback, PC Pro, Peer-to-peer file sharing, Plusnet, Prenda Law, Queen's Counsel, Ralph Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas, Sky Broadband, Slyck.com, Solicitors Regulation Authority, TalkTalk Group, The Guardian, The Register, TorrentFreak, United Kingdom, Which?, Wi-Fi.

Andrew Hopper

Andrew Hopper Q.C. is a British solicitor who practises on his own account in a niche practice concerned with professional regulation and discipline, principally in relation to solicitors.

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Anonymous (group)

Anonymous is a decentralized international hacktivist group that is widely known for its various DDOS cyber attacks against several governments, government institutions & government agencies, corporations, and the Church of Scientology.

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Ars Technica

Ars Technica (a Latin-derived term that the site translates as the "art of technology") is a website covering news and opinions in technology, science, politics, and society, created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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BitTorrent

BitTorrent (abbreviated to BT) is a communication protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) which is used to distribute data and electronic files over the Internet.

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British Phonographic Industry

The BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Limited, commonly known as the British Phonographic Industry or BPI, is the British recorded music industry's trade association.

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Capitol Records, Inc. v. Thomas-Rasset

Capitol Records, Inc.

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Christopher Graham

Christopher Sidney Matthew Graham (born 21 September 1950) took over the role of UK Information Commissioner from Richard Thomas on 29 June 2009 and concluded his tenure on 28 June 2016.

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Colin Birss

Sir Colin Ian Birss (born 1964, Thurso) is a judge of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.

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Consumer Action Group

The Consumer Action Group (CAG) is a UK forum for the discussion of customer rights, particularly concerning the recovery of bank charges.

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Copyright infringement

Copyright infringement is the use of works protected by copyright law without permission, infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the protected work, or to make derivative works.

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Copyright law of the United Kingdom

Under the law of United Kingdom, a copyright is an intangible property right subsisting in certain qualifying subject-matter.

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Data Protection Act 1998

The Data Protection Act 1998 was a United Kingdom Act of Parliament designed to protect personal data stored on computers or in an organised paper filing system.

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Denial-of-service attack

In computing, a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to the Internet.

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Digital Economy Act 2010

The Digital Economy Act 2010 (c. 24) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Dubai

Dubai (دبي) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Dunning (process)

Dunning is the process of methodically communicating with customers to ensure the collection of accounts receivable.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt, officially the City of Frankfurt am Main ("Frankfurt on the Main"), is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany.

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Greece

No description.

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High Court of Justice

The High Court of Justice is, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

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Information Commissioner's Office

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO; stylised as ico.) in the United Kingdom, is a non-departmental public body which reports directly to Parliament and is sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

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Intellectual property

Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect, and primarily encompasses copyrights, patents, and trademarks.

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Intellectual Property Enterprise Court

In the legal system of Courts of England and Wales, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC; previously the Patents County Court or PCC) in London is an alternative venue to the High Court for bringing legal actions involving intellectual property matters such as patents, registered designs, trade marks, unregistered design rights and copyright.

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Internet service provider

An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides services for accessing, using, or participating in the Internet.

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IP address

An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.

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Law firm

A law firm or a law company is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law.

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Law Society of England and Wales

The Law Society of England and Wales (officially The Law Society) is the professional association that represents and governs solicitors for the jurisdiction of England and Wales.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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MediaDefender

MediaDefender, Inc. now (Peer Media Technologies) was a company that fought copyright infringement that offered services designed to prevent alleged copyright infringement using peer-to-peer distribution.

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Megabyte

The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.

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Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS.

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Norwich Pharmacal order

A Norwich Pharmacal order is a court order for the disclosure of documents or information that is available in the United Kingdom.

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Operation Payback

Operation Payback was a coordinated, decentralized group of attacks on high-profile opponents of Internet piracy by Internet activists using the "Anonymous" moniker.

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PC Pro

PC Pro is one of several computer magazines published monthly in the United Kingdom by Dennis Publishing.

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Peer-to-peer file sharing

Peer-to-peer file sharing is the distribution and sharing of digital media using peer-to-peer (P2P) networking technology.

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Plusnet

Plusnet plc is a British quad play internet service provider (ISP); providing broadband, landline, digital television and Mobile services.

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Prenda Law

Prenda Law, also known as Steele | Hansmeier PLLP and Anti-Piracy Law Group, was a Chicago-based law firm that ostensibly operated by undertaking litigation against copyright infringement, but was later characterized by the United States District Court for Central California in a May 2013 ruling as a "porno-trolling collective" whose business model "relies on deception", and which resembled most closely a conspiracy and racketeering enterprise, referring in the judgment to RICO, the United States Federal anti-racketeering law.

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Queen's Counsel

A Queen's Counsel (postnominal QC), or King's Counsel (postnominal KC) during the reign of a king, is an eminent lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is appointed by the Monarch to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is also recognised as an honorific.

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Ralph Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas

Ralph Matthew Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas and 8th Lord Dingwall (born 7 June 1951) is one of the hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, sitting as a Conservative.

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Sky Broadband

Sky Broadband is broadband service offered by Sky UK in the United Kingdom.

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Slyck.com

Slyck.com is a website that was once dedicated to all things pertaining to file sharing news.

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Solicitors Regulation Authority

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is the regulatory body for solicitors in England and Wales.

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TalkTalk Group

TalkTalk Telecom Group plc (commonly known as TalkTalk Group, trading as TalkTalk) is a company which provides pay television, telecommunications, Internet access, and mobile network services to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Register

The Register (nicknamed El Reg) is a British technology news and opinion website co-founded in 1994 by Mike Magee, John Lettice and Ross Alderson.

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TorrentFreak

TorrentFreak (abbreviated TF) is a blog dedicated to reporting the latest news and trends on the BitTorrent protocol and file sharing, as well as on copyright infringement and digital rights.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Which?

Which? is a brand name used by the Consumers' Association, a registered charity (No. 296072) and company limited by guarantee (No. 580128), which is based in the United Kingdom.

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Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi or WiFi is technology for radio wireless local area networking of devices based on the IEEE 802.11 standards.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACS:Law

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