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In the United States in recent years, about half a million people have been prosecuted for unlicensed exchange files. But the supply of such claims does not get easier. A federal judge in Iowa made a decision that makes filing mass claims nearly impossible.

As a rule, when submitting claims for alleged unlicensed filesharing, they included tens, hundreds or thousands of suspects. This is very beneficial holders, because they do not have to pay a fee for each claim against the suspect, but only one common. Such trials imply that the suspects acted together.





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