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Anime distributor ODEX has been actively tracking down and sending legal threats against individual BitTorrent users in Singapore since 2007.. In 2008, ODEX sought a pre-action discovery order against Pacific Internet (an internet services provider) which would have required Pacific Internet to disclose information about its subscribers to facilitate ODEX taking legal action against ...
In addition, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson has in recent years been described as a "Big Five" law firm. This description has appeared most frequently in private legal ranking directories and on two occasions in The Straits Times."How Singapore's Big Five law firm Dentons Rodyk is embracing the future of work and ditching its traditional office for ...
Samuel Seow Law Corporation represented the makers in sending demand letters to more than 500 subscribers asking for a written offer of damages and costs. [81] This is the second reported instance of a major legal action taken by a media company against individuals in Singapore for alleged illegal downloading since Odex. [citation needed]
WongPartnership is a Singaporean law firm. It is regarded as one of the Big Four law firms in Singapore, alongside Allen & Gledhill , Rajah & Tann , and Drew & Napier . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 2021, it was ranked as the second-largest law firm in Singapore by size, with 111 partners and 223 associates.
BitTorrent files and links can be accessed in different geographic locations and legal jurisdictions. Thus, it is possible to host a BitTorrent file in geographic jurisdictions where it is legal and others where it is illegal. A single link, file or data or download action may be actionable in some places, but not in others.
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP is one of Singapore's largest law firms, with around 200 lawyers who are qualified in various jurisdictions such as those of Singapore, Australia, England and Wales and India, and with offices in Singapore and Myanmar. The firm is Singapore's first and oldest law practice and celebrated its 160th year as one of ...
After passing the bar, Lee Kuan Yew worked at the Singaporean law firm Laycock and Ong. His frequent representation of activists and trade unions, pro bono, led to disagreements with the firm's management. In 1955, he formed Lee & Lee with his brother and wife. [1] At the beginning, Lee did a variety of low-value cases to support the firm.
In Germany, file sharing of copyrighted files, for example through peer-to-peer software like BitTorrent, is illegal. Internet service providers routinely transmit the identity of IP address owners to private lawyer firms who are then able to send "cease and desist" letters often demanding the offender to pay €1,000 fines or more.