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"Knock-knock ... Who's there ... ? ... Lawsuit ... Lawsuit who ... ?" Oh yeah, there's a lot of people gonna get a huge surprise when they get served their papers notifying 'em that they're being sued for ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING of Copyrighted material ... in this case, 'The Hurt Locker'. And yes, they know who you are, 'cuz your ISP has provided those nice lawyer-type mens with your IP address ... if you downloaded this movie, you might wanna plan on havin' a long talk with your ISP ...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20006314-261.html May 28, 2010 12:19 PM PDT 'Hurt Locker' downloaders, you've been sued Producers of Oscar-winning film "The Hurt Locker" have made good on a promise to file copyright lawsuits against people who have illegally downloaded the movie via file-sharing networks. Voltage Pictures, an independent production company, filed a copyright complaint on Monday against 5,000 John Does in federal court in Washington, D.C. According to court records, next on the company's to-do list is to learn the names of each of the John and Jane Does from their Internet service providers. Attorneys for Voltage wrote in the complaint that unless the court stops the people who pirate "The Hurt Locker," then Voltage will suffer "great and irreparable injury that cannot fully be compensated or measured in money." Voltage has asked the court to prevent those who downloaded the movie without paying for it, from downloading its movies ever again, and order them to destroy all copies of "The Hurt Locker" from their computers and any other electronic devices they may have transferred the film. As for monetary damages, the movie's producers want those found to have pilfered the movie to pay actual or statutory damages and cover the costs that went into filing the suits. So, here we go again. Your IP address Whether Voltage can bankroll a legal campaign involving 5,000 people, or whether litigation can make up for lost profits remains to be seen. But two things are for certain: First, Nicolas Chartier, who founded Voltage doesn't appear afraid of some bad publicity. On the contrary, he seems to welcome it. Not only did he get banned from the Academy Awards for lobbying judges to vote for his film but he recently called those who disagree with his lawsuits "morons." The second thing that "Locker" downloaders should know is that according to the filing, Voltage already has the Internet protocol addresses of the 5,000 John and Jane Does. There was some question whether companies such as Time Warner and Comcast would provide the information because the Copyright Group has filed so many requests for IP addresses; about 50,000 for a dozen or so films. The ISPs say they don't have the resources to chase down this many. Remember, in five years, the RIAA filed suit against less than 40,000 people. "The Plaintiff has identified each defendant by the IP address assigned to that defendant," Voltage's attorneys wrote. "The Plaintiff believes that information obtained in discovery will lead to the identification of each of the Defendant's true name." |
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