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<blockquote data-quote="oldschool" data-source="post: 816722" data-attributes="member: 71262">From:&nbsp; <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/09/red-points-takes-12m-to-help-brands-beat-fakes/" target="_blank">Red Points takes $12M to help brands beat fakes – TechCrunch</a>(My italics for emphasis)&quot;The startup offers a cloud-based SaaS solution for IP infringement detection and removal. The system scans for counterfeit products online on behalf of customers and automates the process of having any fake goods (and/or pirated content) removed.&quot;This sounds like a cloud-based shakedown operation that has one or two attorneys on staff, one in customer service. The other one is head of the HR department. See here: <a href="https://www.redpoints.com/about-us/" target="_blank">About Us - Red Points</a> Your notice is not even from a law firm. I&#039;d suggest getting legal advice and ignoring these guys until you get more info or a letter from an actual law firm. Fight the power, brothers and sisters! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />Edited to show correct sources.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldschool, post: 816722, member: 71262"] From: [URL="https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/09/red-points-takes-12m-to-help-brands-beat-fakes/"]Red Points takes $12M to help brands beat fakes – TechCrunch[/URL] (My italics for emphasis) "The startup offers a cloud-based SaaS solution for[I] IP infringement detection and removal[/I]. The system scans for [I]counterfeit products[/I] online on behalf of customers and automates the process of having any fake goods (and/or pirated content) removed." This sounds like a cloud-based[I] shakedown operation[/I] that has one or two attorneys on staff, one in customer service. The other one is head of the HR department. See here: [URL="https://www.redpoints.com/about-us/"]About Us - Red Points[/URL] Your notice is not even from a law firm. I'd suggest getting legal advice and ignoring these guys until you get more info or a letter from an actual law firm. Fight the power, brothers and sisters! (y) Edited to show correct sources. [/QUOTE]

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