Davenport Lyons

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I'm sure most of you have heard of these guys, sending out letters accusing people of sharing games they've sometimes never even heard of before and demanding the best part of a grand to not take you to court.

Well, up until now, they'd never actually taken anyone to court over it.

They've won a case now, against a woman.

A British woman who put a game on a file-sharing network has been ordered to pay damages to the game's creator.

Topware Interactive has won more than £16,000 following legal action against the woman who shared a copy of Dream Pinball 3D.

Three other suspected sharers of the game are awaiting damages hearings.

The test case against the unnamed woman from London could see thousands of other Britons suspected of sharing the game in court.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7568642.stm

Just thought some of you may be interested in reading about it.