Boxing Day Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Because they will sue your arse. Voltage Pictures and the US Copyright Group are teaming up to sue "tens of thousands" of P2P users who downloaded the film The Hurt Locker illegally. A lawyer from the group confirmed the studio's plans to the Hollywood Reporter Wednesday, noting that the scope of this lawsuit is much more far-reaching than the copyright group's past pursuits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plisb Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I still can't see how I can be judged just because the IP is mine? e.g. my car is stolen and the theif hits an old man, then runs away, and I'm blamed as it's my car. I mean how does the law work here - explain please. Anyway good for me I didn't find the film good enough to dl, after reading about it and watching the trailer. Is it worth watching though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chim Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I still can't see how I can be judged just because the IP is mine? e.g. my car is stolen and the theif hits an old man, then runs away, and I'm blamed as it's my car. I mean how does the law work here - explain please. Anyway good for me I didn't find the film good enough to dl, after reading about it and watching the trailer. Is it worth watching though? They're only suing americans, don't worry my viking brother. It is worth seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I still can't see how I can be judged just because the IP is mine? e.g. my car is stolen and the theif hits an old man, then runs away, and I'm blamed as it's my car. I mean how does the law work here - explain please. Anyway good for me I didn't find the film good enough to dl, after reading about it and watching the trailer. Is it worth watching though? you can't afaik. you live in a good country as far as copyright laws are concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
data Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 swedes edit: too late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ms-dos Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 i was going to download this for my mom and send it to her on a DVD-R good thing i never go through with my favors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eh Speedy Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 terrible waste of a movie anyway, and again, just fear bullshit. fuck those faggots and their faggoty movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest futuregirlfriend Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 i was going to download this for my mom and send it to her on a DVD-R good thing i never go through with my favors you can sign up for this and send her an ext. hd full of hollywood's greatest hits http://www.news.astraweb.com/specials/kleverig-11.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 i torrented this like a year ago. hopefully thats too far back. god what bullshit... how can my isp legally give out private info without my knowledge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxing Day Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 How can my isp legally give out private info without my knowledge? Always read the small print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 this tactic will not work. did it work for the riaa? i dont think so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Moss Acid Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 lucky its not metallica doing this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 apparently the film has been downloaded about ten million times. how do they decide who to sue? "tens of thousands" out of ten million isnt that much.. maybe if the thing actually played in a theater around here i wouldnt have downloaded it. that film had zero distribution, and they bitch about it only making 16 million. put it in enough fucking theaters so people can actually see it! fuck this film and its production company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hautlle Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 When I used to work in an auto-shop the MPAA or something e-mailed the owner of the shop accusing employees of downloading movies illegally from our shop as determined through the IP. We had a wireless network for customers to use while they waited. So my boss replies asking when it had happened etc... Turns out this movie was downloaded on a Sunday (when we weren't open) so it wasn't anyone at our actual shop. Someone had to have driven/walked up and sat outside to use our internet and pirate movies. I also ask the question: where's the proof? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Super lurker ultra V12 Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 I'm downloading it tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 these people dont give a shit about proof they just want their fucking money. i guess the ip is enough.. but yeah, there so much grey area in this kind of thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 apparently the film has been downloaded about ten million times. how do they decide who to sue? i see you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 point taken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 so in other words theyre just scaring people into settling because they know they cant go through with a successful suit? how would you go about suing "tens of thousands" of people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 ip won't hold up in court without the most fucking expensive lawyers prosecuting. er who exactly do you think is suing people? hint: it's not bubbles from trailer park boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 ok theyre expensive lawyers. has anything ever been attempted on this scale before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fishtank Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Excellent movie, would download again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 ok theyre expensive lawyers. has anything ever been attempted on this scale before? there have been two successful prosecutions, both in the US there have been lots of cases bullied settled on the courtroom steps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 so if ten thousand people told the lawyers to go fuck themselves, would there be ten thousand dropped lawsuits? or would they go ahead with it? also, what if the ip owner never actually downloaded anything and it was a situation like the one described earlier in the thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hautlle Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 ip won't hold up in court without the most fucking expensive lawyers prosecuting. er who exactly do you think is suing people? hint: it's not bubbles from trailer park boys. that's what I'm saying. if these guys didn't have the cash to buy the most expensive lawyers, then they'd have no chance. it's sort of ironic, that they have the cash to get good lawyers in order to sue people for making them lose money. Isn't America grand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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