“The Hurt Locker” Producers are suing 5,000 BitTorrent Users For Millions Of Dollars!

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  1. Parallaxis

    Parallaxis Reformed Troll - Mostly

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    Yikes!
    Glad I never downloaded this.

    Here's hoping the ISPs don't cave in to pressure.

    Though I've never been clear on when ISPs do and don't release information. I mean, what is the situation there?
     
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  2. Sean the Puritan

    Sean the Puritan Endut! Hoch Hech!

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    AFAIK if they are subpoenaed, they have no choice but to comply.
     
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    Of course they have a choice. I would give them a list of Chinese IP adresses or something. They server failed and that info is lost, etc.
     
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  5. Muad Dib

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    This is one reason I don't do bit torrents or file sharing.
     
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    Good luck with that. It works really well with the RIAA. They found out so very well just how "broke" their defendants were. If I recall correctly, most of the $500,000 fines were settled for 5K, and even then, most of the defendants didn't have the money.
     
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    Fuck the RIAA! In the ass! With a big rubber dick!
     
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  8. Sean the Puritan

    Sean the Puritan Endut! Hoch Hech!

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    That tends to get a business shut down and their servers raided and seized for contempt of court.
     
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