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Anti piracy firm, ACS:Law, has hardly been out of the headlines in recent times. First they came into the public eye following months of speculative invoicing against alleged file sharers; next their website was attacked by angry activists as a result of their dubious anti piracy business practices; and finally, when they tried to bring a number of cases to court in an attempt to further their speculative invoicing business empire, their scheme was exposed as full of legal flaws, much to the derision of the judge in charge at the time.

In the wake of his last disastrous appearance at the Patents County Court in the UK, Andrew Crossley, boss of ACS:Law announced his was quitting the anti piracy business. However, most people didn’t take him all that seriously, so when a further announcement came this week that ACS:Law and its partner in crime, MediaCAT had both closed their businesses down completely, it was something of a surprise to all familiar with the case.

But given ACS:Law and MediaCAT could be facing an action for “wasted costs”, plus Andrew Crossley has a solicitors disciplinary hearing to look forward to, the damage limitation exercise might be too late.

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