MediaDefender sent shed loads of takedown notices and legal threats to P2P web sites that are "facilitating the propagation of a 700MB archive" of the embarrassing e-mail.

However the P2P sites seem unimpressed with the empty threats.

According to Ars Technica, isoHunt claimed the outfit was incapable of composing a valid DMCA takedown notice. "Despite us being located in Canada, if you do actually figure out how to compose a valid DMCA notice, we will honor it... just as soon as we're done laughing at you."

Meganova was a bit more blunt. Its reply started with the phrase "Dearest little asstunnels" which we think was supposed to be "arsehole" but lost a bit in the translation. After the comparatively polite beginning, the reply went a bit downhill with what could be the this year's academy award nomination for the most gratuitous use of the word fuck in a legal document.

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