MPAA Agent Poses As Homebuyer To Catch Pirates

bonch writes "The MPAA used an undercover agent posing as a potential homebuyer to gain access to the home of a British couple charged with running a streaming links site. UK authorities decided not to pursue the case, but the MPAA continued, focusing on a Boston programmer who worked on the site, leading to an unprecedented legal maneuver whereby U.S. charges were dropped in exchange for testimony in a UK fraud case."

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[T Murphy]

Given these people willingly met with a venture capitalist (or someone they thought was a VC), it seems they were interested in profiting from piracy. I can't say I have much sympathy for them, nor can I take offense at the MPAA's tactics here.

If the MPAA/RIAA are going so far as to infiltrate your home with 'actors' to thwart copyright infringement, they really have hit the bottom of the cesspool.

Are we going to start hating on people who track down their laptop thief and pose as a buyer in order to nail them? The common tactic of remotely turning on the webcam would certainly be more intrusive than being welcomed into the house.