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New Copyright Lawsuits Go After Porn On Bittorrent

Posted by Soulskill on from the enjoy-explaining-that-subpoena-to-your-parents dept.

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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  1. Re:Sounds like extortion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Better yet, here are the titles from the first PDF:

    Shemale Yum, Trannies From Hell, and Shemale Pornstar

  2. Re:Sounds like extortion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Trannies From Hell

    Reminds me of my 94 Ford Mustang that would intermittently fall out of gear on the highway.

    Because she had a penis and you didn't mind?

  3. Re:Sounds fair by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 5, Informative

    "When people download porn without paying for it it ultimately hurts the working stiffs..."

    I know you were going for a joke, but it is my understanding that the actors and actresses usually get paid a paltry sum up front rather than a decent share of the profits, so it doesn't hurt them*. It "hurts" the bottom line of a bunch of people who are already much richer than they deserve to be in my opinion, so I say screw 'em.

    * I'm sure there are exceptions to this, but I imagine they are fairly rare

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  4. Re:Sounds like extortion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    you forgot xhamster

  5. Re:Extortion by Runaway1956 · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's legal EXTORTION. In the US, they terms are not mutually exclusive. I suspect the same to be true in most places. After all - the US didn't invent the professional lawyer, we just feed ours better than most places.

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  6. Re:Uh oh by DJLuc1d · · Score: 2, Informative

    yeah, my first thought was 'uh-oh'

  7. Re:Sounds like extortion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    you forgot spankwall.com

  8. Re:Sounds like extortion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Better yet, here are the titles from the first PDF:

    Shemale Yum, Trannies From Hell, and Shemale Pornstar

    What's wrong with shemales? Living in Thailand I gotta tell you, they give you the absolutely best blowjobs and still have nice tits and look like girls!

  9. Re:Sounds like extortion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Never heard of red tube. My big porn days were back in the 80's and I grew up with dirty books so the stories appealed to me more than the X-rated films.

    You may be interested in:

    Literotica
    and
    Adult Interactive Fiction

  10. Re:Why not pay for porn? by Per+Wigren · · Score: 2, Informative

    Stallman has approved the Pirate Party's proposal of a 5 year commercial copyright and no copyright restrictions for non-commercial/private use (and no patents what so ever). Personally, I also think that's a fair compromise. If you haven't broke even after 5 years you probably never will.

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  11. Re:Sounds like extortion by Surt · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_were_Barack_Obama's_grades_in_college

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