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Atari dumps Davenport Lyons' piracy nastygram campaign

 
'Nuts and sledgehammers come to mind' Exclusive Storied videogaming brand Atari has dropped a campaign of legal threats against alleged illegal filesharers run on its behalf by the law firm Davenport Lyons, The Register has learned.… (link)

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