AFAIK you can completely ignore the letters, because taking you to court would be very costly and might not end well for them. However, they keep doing it because some people get scared and pay up right away.
replyIn the US it can be a pretty big deal, even if rights holders don't take you to court.
replyYou can basically get banned by your ISP and it's not like there are a lot of ISP options.
ISPs in the US that are lax about it have been sued for millions[1] (and even in one case a billion, pending supreme court decision). [2]
[1] https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/cox-settles-disp...
[2] https://www.dentons.com/en/insights/alerts/2026/february/4/s...
Yes, I think it's the same in here, you have been able to ignore the letters without any consequence. Also from what I hear, the letters have been very inaccurate. I doubt the IP based proof would hold in the court of law.
replyLiving in Sweden and in the Netherlands, I have never heard about any such case. Not sure I'm just lucky or if it's really non-existent.
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