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FUNimation Got Download Settlements From 'One Piece' Case
Date: 4/29/2011
FUNimation pressured some defendants in its One Piece downloading case (see ?FUNimation Sues 1,337 Downloaders?) to settle before the cases were tossed or dropped (see ?Can Anti-Piracy Enforcement Work??), according to Anime News Network.

FUNimation?s attorney in the case used a controversial technique to file 49 subpoenas with ISPs without the benefit of a judge, according to the report, and some complied by providing the identities of the downloaders. The downloaders were then contacted (the original suit was filed against ?John Does?) and $1500 settlements demanded.
Source: ICv2