Hurt Locker producers suing 5,000 BitTorrent users

[terry78]

http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and...t-locker-producer-sues-5000-bittorerent-users

If you saw the flick this way, better watch out..they might be coming for that ass.

 

[zanos]

Torrent downloads were the only reason why anyone even saw this film.

 

[Figs]

Torrent downloads were the only reason why anyone even saw this film.

That's right it was never released on DVD/Blu-Ray...

Hopefully they get most of those spoiled brats. As always, people out there think they are owed everything and shouldn't have to pay, jokes on them.

 

[zeptron]

That's right it was never released on DVD/Blu-Ray...

Yes it was. I worked in a video store. However we only got one copy of it and it was hard for us to hang on to it.

 

[redfirebird2008]

I stay away from torrents. Netflix is cheap and a lot safer than getting monitored by the cable company.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Hopefully they get most of those spoiled brats. As always, people out there think they are owed everything and shouldn't have to pay, jokes on them.

this

 

[Batman713]

Aside from the oscars, torrents helped The Hurt Locker get some big time exposure.

 

[Wolfwood]

Yes it was. I worked in a video store. However we only got one copy of it and it was hard for us to hang on to it.

I believe he was being sarcastic lol.

Anyways Torrents are bad, but they can be helpful in generating exposure for medias that would not have gotten them otherwise...so I remain neutral on this subject.

 

[dude stannis]

I think I've still got my Hurt Locker ticket stub in a shoebox somewhere.

Yeah, I hope this puts a huge dent in movie piracy. I do admit to torrents but only because Australia doesn't even get a lot of independent films theatrically and often the DVD release takes a year longer than the U.S.

 

[Bunker]

Is this the same dick that spammed the Academy members' e-mails? Maybe if they had a proper nationwide release, they wouldn't have this problem.

 

[kickass]

This guy's a major DICK. If he were in the military, he'd be Major DICK. Major DICK reporting for duty, sir!

 

[Poetic Chaos]

not gonna lie, i'm pretty terrified to get a notice.

 

[dark_b]

it got all the buzz because of all the people who saw the movie through torrents.
so it got all the oscars because of the torrents.

this is hollywood. they got all the money and oscars becuse of the internet torrents. but now they are going to sue them. heheheheh. hypocricy

 

[Timstuff]

This lawsuit is kind of flawed in that it's hinged around ignoring the possibility of IP spoofing. If all they have is a big list of IP addresses that supposedly downloaded the film, methinks that is not hard enough evidence to sue 5,000 people. Our system is built around guilt proven beyond reasonable doubt, and in the age of online idenity concealment I do not think that linking an IP address to a name is beyond reasonable doubt.

 

[zanos]

What difference does that make? They'll just sue whoever the ip belongs to.

 

[dark_b]

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/05/16...rench-into-us-copyright-groups-lawsuit-plans/

 

[MAN O STEEL]

HAHAA good luck finding me F******. Your losing your minds & I'm reaping all the benefits.


P.S

Hurt Locker was boring as s***. Not worth a buy or rent anyway, i'm glad I DL'd that piece of s***. Suck it!







Steve

 

[jmc]

This is doomed to fail, what if someone is using your computer without your knowledge? Or stealing your wi-fi? Surely you need 100% proof the person your suing is in fact the same person who downloaded the film. What if it's the IP of some 60 year old woman who's grand kids are the ones who downloaded the films?

 

[nocomics]

How this movie won any awards beats me, I thought the movie kindof sucked. They should of been thankfull that it was downloaded and ppl actually saw it

 

[dark_b]

This is doomed to fail, what if someone is using your computer without your knowledge? Or stealing your wi-fi? Surely you need 100% proof the person your suing is in fact the same person who downloaded the film. What if it's the IP of some 60 year old woman who's grand kids are the ones who downloaded the films?

true.

the problem with this is that downloading a movie is not the same like strealing bread or stealing a car. its illegal but it is not the same.


this will be very hard.

 

[Ghostvirus]

At some point these studios are going to need to stop fighting things, & just let go. Try to evolve.

Downloading is a part of the game, & given some of the hugest box office movies has happened this decade it isn't hurting the industry as much as they would like you to think. They are just afraid of change.

 

[jmc]

true.

the problem with this is that downloading a movie is not the same like strealing bread or stealing a car. its illegal but it is not the same.


this will be very hard.

I know, with stealing things like cars there's physical evidence like DNA that can be left behind, making a case against a person all the more easy. When it comes to internet all you're basically going off in an address with know real knowledge of who's the one at the end doing the downloading. They're basically throwing a dart and hoping it'll hit something.

 

[Kargo Warrior]

They can kiss my ass...if the movie was released in cinema or on DVD in my country he might have a point.

This way they can't do anything about it...the only people they can catch are the ones who are downloading as we speak or have downloaded the film and left the torrent getting uploaded by other users.

If you've downloaded 3-4 months ago and have deleted the torrent?

They have squat on you.

 

[jmc]

At some point these studios are going to need to stop fighting things, '' just let go. Try to evolve.

Downloading is a part of the game, '' given some of the hugest box office movies has happened this decade it isn't hurting the industry as much as they would like you to think. They are just afraid of change.

I remember reading somewhere that what the studios lose in illegal downloads they more than make up in sale of blank media, a lot of which is ironically bought by pirates.

 

[Addendum]

I've never bothered downloading movies, since I'm not in the mood to have that large a file on my hard-drive gobbling up space. I do download music. However, once I listen to it and like it, I purchase an actual copy and delete the download.

As for this proposed suit, I guess the producer never heard about the ****** economy. Then again, maybe he has but it's much easier to scapegoat pirates for low sales rather than admit that the paying audience was interested in other movies.