Thousands of people across the country have opened their mail and email to find an intimidating legal notice.
The letter alleges the receiver has downloaded and distributed copyrighted material — most often a pornographic video — and that they’ll be sued unless they pay up.
Miles Bryan of WBEZ reports on the phenomenon known as “copyright trolling.”
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Miles Bryan, reporter for WBEZ in Chicago. He tweets @miles__bryan.
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