Advokat David Gore, a partner in the top law firm Davenport Lyons, got a major victory for his client Topware Interactive. Topware Interactive manufactures computer games, including the highly popular game Dream Pinball 3D. A woman who uploaded a number of games and movies onto the Internet was ordered by a judge to pay sixteen thousand pounds for doing so. The main theme was that she uploaded these files with the intent of illegal file sharing, and Topware Interactive had advokat David Gore filed a suit in the Patents County Court in London. The court ordered the unspecified woman, whose name has not been released, to pay costs including the fee for the advokat in the amount ten thousand pounds, and to pay damages in the amount of six thousand pounds. The case started a month before, when the law firm of Davenport Lyons filed civil proceedings concerning one hundred individuals who their client, Topware Interactive, had reason to believe were guilty of illegally uploading content which is copyrighted. In addition, ISPs have been ordered to release thousands of addresses and names that are believed to be file sharers who have broken the law. Advokat David Gore stated to reporters that file sharing illegally is an issue which is very serious, and copyright owners lose millions of pound each year because of these criminal activities. Advokater and judges hope that the high amount of the damage awards in these cases may act as a deterrent and stop illegal file sharers from committing the crime. Online piracy is very prevalent, and entire websites and networks have been set up to illegally upload and download files that are shared with all other users who want them. Advokat Gore has also filed suit against four individuals who have uploaded the copyrighted game Dream Pinball 3D onto a website that illegally shares files. All four people were ordered by the judge to pay the company Two thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds each, for a total judgment for Topware Interactive that is more than ten thousand pounds just in these four cases. Each defendant was ordered to pay two thousand pounds each in costs, and seven hundred and fifty pounds each for fines. Company advokat David Gore says this is just the beginning, and that the company will move forward in an attempt to put an end to illegal file sharing concerning copyrighted material.
