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The Hurt Locker Producers Sue First 5,000 File-Sharers
Voltage Pictures, the production company behind 2008's Oscar-winning Iraq war film The Hurt Locker, today sued 5,000 people who illegally downloaded the movie over BitTorrent. Quoting CNET:
"Attorneys for Voltage wrote in the complaint that unless the court stops the people who pirate The Hurt Locker then Voltage will suffer 'great and irreparable injury that cannot fully be compensated or measured in money.' Voltage has asked the court to prevent those who downloaded the movie without paying for it from downloading its movies ever again, and order them to destroy all copies of The Hurt Locker from their computers and any other electronic devices they may have transferred the film to. As for monetary damages, the movie's producers want those found to have pilfered the movie to pay actual or statutory damages and cover the costs that went into filing the suits."
According to the complaint (PDF), the 5,000 infringers are known only by their IP addresses at this time.
No, I meant the movie company. The main viewpoint here is they shouldn't be able to stop filesharing of their movies, but most people on slashdot refuse to offer an alternative that would not bankrupt the movie companies.
So I stole firefox? I stole Debian?
By your logic I am a software pirate mastermind, all the computers in my house are using software I never paid for, I even play DVDs with software that I did not pay for.
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And pirating movies isn't stealing. Stealing means I deprive someone else of their property. Copying said property is a different matter entirely.
No, it is stealing. If I scan a book and post that online so everyone can download it, that's stealing. Digital music, movies, whatever - same thing.
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.
So lets say you publish a book. I take that book, copy it, then post it online so other people can get the copy. Are you saying that's ok and I stole nothing from you, not even potential income?
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.
You're stealing future revenue and potential sales.
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.
And I'd gladly pay $42 for a new 2010 Mercedes E350.
I really don't get it. Make cars cheap enough and the problem goes away. But they don't so I'm forced to steal cars.