Indie Filmmakers Sue Thousands of BitTorrent Users

[waggy]

This is a month or so old, but worth an FYI post.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/bittorrent-legal-attack/

[Fred Garvin 2.0]

I love the losers who stole something but declare it wasn't theft cuz it ended up sucking.

[waggy]

Copyright Group to Sue 23,000 People this Week


People who downloaded "The Expendables" via BitTorrent file sharing better keep an eye on their mailbox this week, because they could be one of the more than 23,000 people targeted in an infringement lawsuit filed by the copyright bounty hunters at the U.S. Copyright Group.

On March 17, a federal judge in the District of Columbia gave the USCG permission to demand from Internet Service Providers the name, current and permanent addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail, and device Media Access Control (MAC) addresses of those accused of copy infringement. Subpoenas are expected to go out this week, according to Wired.

[Jumpy]

I saw this story on Wired this morning. I hope they nail every single one of those bastards to a wall. It's because of people that don't respect ownership rights of media that I have all kinds of DRM on my songs/movies/shows and can't use it ubiquitously on all my devices.

[waggy]

How far could this go? Not that I really have to worry about it cause I got nothing to take. (Take my wife, please). But what about YouTube, or Channelsurfing, or other sports channels? "Free" content from the internet is part of it's earliest culture.