Copyright Trolls Targeted 46,200+ Alleged BitTorrent Pirates in Sweden During 2020 * TorrentFreak
> In 2020, law firms acting for copyright trolls secured permission to compel several Swedish ISPs to hand over the personal details of customers behind more than 46,200 IP addresses. The major player was Njord Law, a firm currently facing serious fraud charges in Denmark. There are many tools available to copyright holders to enforce their rights but so-called ‘copyright-trolling’ is the most controversial. Designed not to prevent piracy but to turn it into a revenue stream, copyright-troll schemes are big business in the United States, Europe and Canada, with perhaps millions of alleg...