Received a warning letter from IPPC Law?
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The lawyer behind IPPC Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaf is Daniel Sebastian. The Berlin-based lawyer has been one of the most active players in the field of file sharing warnings for years. Daniel Sebastian has so far mainly sent warning letters on behalf of DigiRights Administration GmbH for the infringement of usage rights to copyrighted musical works. His newly founded law firm, IPPC LAW, represents Gamma Entertainment Inc., MG Content RK Ltd. and MG Premium Ltd. among others.

Unfortunately, no. You must take the letter from IPPC-Law seriously. Attorney Sebastian is one of the most active warning letters in Germany. According to the current legal situation, erotic films enjoy copyright protection at least as so-called motion pictures. Downloading such a film via a file-sharing platform is accompanied by a simultaneous upload. This upload is an act of use under copyright law that constitutes an infringement of rights without the permission of the rights holder.

Do not take a warning letter from IPPC Law lightly. Ignoring the warning letter would be a big mistake. You should also not blindly rely on any reports in the relevant forums on the Internet. Each individual IPPC warning must be considered individually and evaluated with regard to the circumstances and conditions. The assertion that the matter will be settled once a cease-and-desist declaration has been issued should also be treated with caution. In such a case, contact a lawyer specializing in cease-and-desist letters who will examine the matter individually for you.

In the context of the warning letter, you are requested to

1. to cease the public provision of the warned file,

2. to submit a declaration to cease and desist, which is subject to a penalty in the event of infringement,

3. to destroy all copies of the exchanged file,

4. to provide information about to whom you have passed on copies and which users of the file-sharing platform have connected to your computer to download the file and

5. to pay damages and reimbursement of expenses

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If the subscriber is accused of copyright infringement, this involves the unauthorized distribution of a copyrighted film via their Internet access.

In the event of a suspected copyright infringement, the subscriber whose internet access was used for the unauthorized distribution of the protected work is usually warned. A warning letter is sent to them with a request to submit a cease-and-desist declaration and to pay a certain amount of money as compensation.

If you have not uploaded any copyrighted files yourself to a sharing platform but you cannot rule out the possibility that your children, your partner, your roommate or another third party is responsible for the infringement, a legal defense makes sense. This is because in these so-called third party cases, the courts are increasingly ruling in favor of the connection owner.

If, however, you are responsible for the copyright infringement yourself, a defense may make sense. In particular, the claimed compensation is often exaggerated. Seek advice in this regard from a lawyer specializing in warning letters.

No way. Take action. Ignoring the letter from IPPC-Law is not a solution and will not help you.

If you do not respond, the claims will be asserted in court at the latest a few months before the expiry of the limitation period. As a rule, this makes it foreseeably more expensive.

It makes no sense to submit a declaration to cease and desist if there are no injunctive relief claims. Because if you are not responsible for the alleged copyright infringement, there is no need to submit a declaration to cease and desist.

You should also note that a signed cease-and-desist declaration obliges you to pay a contractual penalty if you violate it. This puts you at considerable financial risk, especially if you do not know the perpetrator of the infringement and therefore cannot prevent further infringements of the cease-and-desist agreement from being committed.

Whether you have to pay the amount depends on whether you have committed the copyright infringement. If you have not distributed a copyrighted work and can credibly demonstrate this, you can avoid paying. If, on the other hand, you have committed the copyright infringement in question, it is usually possible to negotiate the amount to be paid with the help of a lawyer so that you end up having to pay a lot less.

We can only advise against this. Please do not disclose any information that makes your legal defense unnecessarily difficult. Even if you as the owner of the connection are responsible for the infringement yourself, it is still questionable whether the claimed damages are reasonable. There is also the possibility that the connection owner data was determined incorrectly or in violation of applicable data protection regulations.