Federal Judge Dismisses Movie Piracy Complaint

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @03:35AM from the steve-seagal-will-punch-them-instead dept.

cluedweasel writes "A Federal judge in Medford, OR has dismissed a piracy case lodged against 34 Oregonians. Judge Ann Aiken ruled that Voltage Pictures LLC unfairly lumped the defendants into what she called a 'reverse class action suit' to save on legal expenses and possibly to intimidate them into paying thousands of dollars for viewing a movie that could be bought or rented for less than $10." The judge was not enthused that they offered to settle for $7500 while noting that potential penalties could be as much as $150,000.

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Re:Unknown Lamer, that's not how justice works by tepples · 2013-05-15 03:51 · Score: 5, Informative

Besides, "infringement" and "stealing" are separate crimes in the first place.
Re:About time by h4rr4r · 2013-05-15 03:55 · Score: 5, Informative

Not intimidation, more like a protection racket.
You pay $7500 or you pay a lot more to a lawyer and risk losing.