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Hurt Locker File-Sharing Subpoenas Begin

Posted by Soulskill on from the how-not-to-generate-good-press dept.

In May we discussed news that producers of the film The Hurt Locker filed a lawsuit against 5,000 John Does, known only by their IP addresses at the time, for sharing the movie over peer-to-peer sites. Now, reader suraj.sun notes that subpoenas for the lawsuit are finally going out. "Qwest Communications on Monday notified a customer in Denver that the Internet service provider has received a subpoena from lawyers representing Voltage Pictures, the production company that made The Hurt Locker. ... In legal documents, Voltage Pictures has blamed the movie's relatively poor domestic performance on illegal file sharing. As of March 21, the movie had grossed $16 million domestically, but took in $40 million overall. According to reports, the film's production budget was $15 million. The film leaked to the Web five months before the movie's US debut. ... For allegedly downloading The Hurt Locker, DGW told the Qwest customer from Denver that settling the case early would cost $2,900, according to documents reviewed by CNET."

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  1. Great by rshxd · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My Tor exit node is probably going to get DMCA takedown requests. I got one for "CSI: Miami Season 4" and CERT Malaysia said I was launching an attack against XXX.XXX.XXX but won't provide me an IP address or range to block. Silly DMCA folks!!!!

  2. Re:Barely heard of it... by Jaysyn · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The Hurt Locker was an amazingly good movie.
    Intense, interesting.

    Well, this vet says it's crap.

    http://www.newsweek.com/2010/02/23/when-cin-ma-v-rit-isn-t.html

    I'll go with the vet.

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  3. Re:Culprit ? by xtracto · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They wont get 5000 trials... if you read the summary they are offering to settle for $2,900.

    Assuming that 80% of the people choose to "settle" soon... they will have gained $11,600,000 ... assuming EVERYBODY settle, they would have recouped more than the cost of the film.

    So I definitely think this is their new business model.

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  4. Re:Culprit ? by loafula · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I was Army and when I watched it, I couldn't get past the fact it took place in 2004 and not only was someone playing an Xbox 360 on a 32" LCD TV, they were playing Gears of War (released 2007). That and the fact everybody was wearing the ACUs (Army Combat Uniform-the grey pixelly one) and not the DCUs (Desert Combat Uniform), which were not all that common until 2005. Didn't notice the cereal though!

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