TekSavvy → Re: TSI mentioned in TorrentFreak

And who would pay the ISP for finding out who the alleged infringer is based on IP?

It's already been established in the Voltage case that it costs an ISP quite a bit of money to figure out who used the IP at a given time.

Who would pay for this? The troll? I doubt it.

Don't forget the translation someone would have to do. Translation services aren't cheap.

As far as I know that's around 25% for all of Canada. Quebec extortion notices would come under the charter and be required in French.

Try to picture the political flavour as soon as some english American troll company starts sending out extortion letters to Quebec's 95% french population demand 3,000$ for an english movie no one ever heard of. And their extortion website that would be setup to accept funds better be in French.

I think they are taking faster than they are thinking. Unless they specifically exclude Quebec at first till they figure what what to do.... Like what Voltage did by targeting only english Ontario and dropping Quebec IP's.

Hope TSI's bean counters have a good contract with a real expensive translation service

But in the big picture, these are all just hurdles right?

For a form letter? I think Ms Abramovitch will be able to figure it out.

extortion form letters
phone personal in french
other correspondence in french
the website (they have websites set up to accept money) in french

I'm sure they can budget it. But compliance for an english only company entering with a new business model based on notice and notice doesn't come cheap. They will have added expenses that they don't have in the states.