ThePirateBay, which is probably the most known and talked-about torrent tracker out there, receives copyright infringement mails and letters on a daily basis. They also tend to place these conversations online, for the rest of the world to enjoy (and probably to show off their “power” and “we can’t get caught”-mentality). Oh, and did I mention they just received a new one?
The latest one to get added is one by Ian Morrow, representing
Indiana Gregg (if you haven’t heard of her, that’s only normal). What starts out as a semi-normal request for removal, quickly turns to a very humiliating e-mail conversation for Ian.
While ThePirateBay has a team of lawyers present, and make it a work of art to totally destroy anyone who tries to sue them, mister Ian Morrow comes up with some “threatening” talk.
Having sat on cross parliamentary committees, resolved to regenerating music and culture in my country, i’m afraid you may just have picked the wrong person to cross swords with on this occasion.
Ha! You sir, must be joking :-)
This of course, didn’t take long for TPB to reply:
You’re a hoot, that’s what you are :)
I want to hug you in a non-sexual way and tell you that you make my heart burst of joy and cuddle up like a cute little cookie monster and ask for more milk.
… and btw, to be in a business you have very little knowledge on what you’re doing. I would actually see you as a retard, but it’s hard when you’re so cuddly and manly! I wish I was just 20 years older and a girl… oh my..
A few mails later, Ian talks about the results of illegal file sharing, to him personally, the artists involved and the company.
… has almost bankrupted our company and sadly the artist and myself personally, not to mention many other small independent labels and artists worldwide.
It gets even better, when in the next e-mail, he says the following
I am a millionaire and do not claim to be bankrupt. Your opinion is not necessary or relevent to my request that you remove the URL.
So humble of him :-)
If you’re up for a very pleasant read, here are the e-mails:
- 1st e-mail and response
- 2nd e-mail and response
- 3rd e-mail and response
- 4th e-mail and response (goodie!)
You can find additional legal threatenings on their website too, ranging from Microsoft e-mails to SEGA, Apple and Warner Bross.