New Copyright Lawsuits Go After Porn On Bittorrent

neoflexycurrent writes "Three adult media entertainment producers filed suit Thursday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois alleging copyright infringement against hundreds of anonymous defendants accused of trading videos using Bittorrent. This kind of action resembles the much-criticized mass litigation undertaken by the US Copyright Group against hordes of unknown accused Bittorrent users trading movies like The Hurt Locker. In this case, the subject matter promises to be more provocative."

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Re:Sounds like extortion

[AK Marc]

Remember the big stink about what W's college grades were? Well, what were Obama's grades?

Bush was a poor student. He wouldn't have gotten into Yale without Affirmative Action (that is, being judged on who your parents are, not who you are). Then, the crappy C student who only got what he got because of Affirmative Action, comes out against Affirmative Action, you are right it will make news.

But a B+/A student who made it through without anything interesting won't have it brought up. You do realize there was a big stink about Clinton's academic record, right? Or do you ignore the facts when they make the media accidentally look balanced?

Re:Sounds like extortion

[AK Marc]

Bill Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar, it's hard to be more successful academically than that..

Yeah. And they made a big deal about him being "too smart" and "foreign educated" and such. It was obviously different than what they said about Bush, but he was attacked in the media for his academic history. But then, I've always lived in very conservative areas, and people at work leave on their talk shows so that I get to hear every crackpot complaint.