<story><title>EasyDNS threatened with criminal complaint if client data not disclosed</title><url>https://easydns.com/blog/2019/09/16/fechner-law-of-germany-threatens-to-bring-criminal-complaint-for-shielding-client-privacy/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>cj</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been harrassed by law firms in connection with photograph copyright claims.&lt;p&gt;In my case it was a law firm in France who also had a presence in the US.&lt;p&gt;It was a minor claim (they demanded $500). We took the image down immediately, but they continued to demand their cash &amp;quot;settlement&amp;quot; with multiple letters over a year (1 letter every 1-2 months, each one with increasingly aggressive wording).&lt;p&gt;I eventually got on the phone with the person sending the letters, and turns out they weren&amp;#x27;t licensed to practice law (in any jurisdiction). I pointed out that it&amp;#x27;s illegal to misrepresent yourself as an attorney. They hung up and I never received another letter after that.&lt;p&gt;Good on EasyDNS for refusing to turn over customer data. If they did, I assume their customer would be harassed in a similar manner.</text></comment>
<story><title>EasyDNS threatened with criminal complaint if client data not disclosed</title><url>https://easydns.com/blog/2019/09/16/fechner-law-of-germany-threatens-to-bring-criminal-complaint-for-shielding-client-privacy/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bonjurkes</author><text>The letter mentions the client&amp;#x27;s name as Mr. Niemela, upon some Googling you can see that he sued Google and some other companies to remove his online presence and some news about him. So it looks like it&amp;#x27;s just usual practice for him &amp;amp; his law firm.&lt;p&gt;(This info wasn&amp;#x27;t redacted so I assume it&amp;#x27;s safe to mention it here)</text></comment>