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Uwe Boll, Other Filmmakers Sue Thousands of Movie Pirates
linzeal writes "Directors whose films have done poorly at the box office are increasingly being solicited by high-powered law firms to file lawsuits with offers of settlement. This practice, which the EFF has been calling extortive and 'mafia-like', has resulted in courts starting to rule in favor of the consumer, and in some cases throwing out the lawsuits. This is all fine and dandy, however, when you are considered the world's worst director and you largely finance films through your own holding company. At that point, the rhetoric and ridicule gets ratcheted up rather quickly."
Actually, given the number of people who have been sued, the well-known cases of them suing innocents, and the number of people likely to be downloading movies...
I'd say you are just about as likely to be sued if you pirate as if you don't. The average chance of being sued is near-zero, really, and the chances of them making an error are high enough that the difference between the two likelihoods is statistical noise.
'Sensible' is a curse word.
Exactly. Not to mention all the possible exploits there are out there. I can tell you with 100% confidence right now that anybody running Skype can be used as a proxy without their knowledge in any way, and its completely untraceable. Computer security for anything other than major business is a joke, and people need to realize that.
GCS/MU/P d- s:- a-- C++++$ UL++ P+ L++ E+ W++ N o K- w--- O M+ V- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5- X R++ tv+ b++ DI++ D++ G+ e++ h-
Case in point:
Old HK Jackie Chan movies vs new Hollywood Jackie Chan movies.
New ones are so craptacular I can't even tollerate them through his amazing martial arts, give me Police Story, Project A or Armour Of The Gods and I'll actually enjoy it.