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Porn Maker Sues 7,000+ For Copyright Infringement
This summer, we discussed news that the producers of The Hurt Locker had sued 5,000 people for sharing the movie over BitTorrent. Reader suraj.sun writes with word that a porn company is now following suit, filing a complaint targeting 7,098 people for illegally sharing one of their films. Quoting:
"Axel Braun Productions filed the complaint Friday in US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, alleging that the defendants illegally shared the adult film Batman XXX: A Porn Parody. The film was written and directed by Axel Braun and distributed by Vivid Entertainment, one of the country's best known porn studios. ... '**** 'em all,' Braun told Xbiz. 'People don't realize that when you pirate a movie it hurts all of the people who work very hard to get it produced — from the cast to the production assistants to the makeup artists. So we are going after every one of them who pirates our content.'"
We know you're not feeling guilty, especially since you're a leech without a spine, a creative impulse or a moral compass.
Fortunately the original AC speaks for many Slashdotters who work for a living and don't believe in the pseudo-Marxist "World of What's Yours Is Mine"
Tubby or not tubby. Fat is the question
Actually, no, there is no difference between the porn industry enforcing their copyright, or a guy with a recipe that was included in some cook book. Or you are against both entities making money through copyright and tell the cook to stuff it, or you accept that both have to right to invest in a product and protect it by copyright. What is it? If you choose one way here and the other there, based on sympathy, you are an utter and complete hypocrite, and probably just a petty thief justifying himself.
Which porn movie was that, with your mom in it?