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23,322 Bittorrent users are being sued for downloading the worst movie...
Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: Burkingam on June 15, 2011, 02:23:35 AM ---I work for a canadien ISP.
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What are you, a Quebecker?
kitamesume:
is there any law that could be used to suck up money from the suers for wasting my time? lawls.
mrx168:
if your state side your likely lying, as the isps sent those letters and if they sent 3 or so they shut your ass down to cover their own ass in fear
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I'm not in the US, I'm in Australia & here most ISPs don't give too care too much. There are some particular ISPs that will ban you if they receive a certain amount copyrightght notices, however those are their own policy & not across the board.
In fact not too long ago, one of our major ISP (the one I'm currently with) was sued by some mcompany'spanys for coprybull craplcrap but the ISP won the case.
Source:
http://www.thenewlawyer.com.au/article/iiNet-wins-court-battle-with-Hollywood/528103.aspx
AnimeJanai:
If you went to court, you would probably win simply because the IP lists have always been full of errors. Since the lawyers know it would cost you a small fortune to defend your rights, almost no one will take it to court and simply pay the $2000 to $4000 to make the greenmail attempt go away. Below are two well-written articles on the problem of lawyers raking in the cash by just sitting in a swarm collecting IP addresses and then subpoening the ISP for user addresses to send the threat letter to. It shows how cynical the lawyers are about justice vs making money.
Article #1: http://boingboing.net/2011/08/11/porn-privacy-and-bittorrent-seattle-weekly-on-case-of-blind-man-accused-of-viewing-pilfered-adult-flicks.html
Article #2: http://www.seattleweekly.com/2011-08-17/news/how-to-handle-a-bittorrent-lawsuit/
Background: http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2011/08/what_to_do_if_you_receive_a_bittorrent_john_doe_lawsuit_letter.php
tomoya-kun:
My old ISP sent me a letter and I dropped them after receiving it. Bad for business.
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