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US Online Piracy Lawsuits Break Record Numbers

Posted by msmash on from the closer-look dept.

Copyright cases in the United States are dominated by two companies -- Malibu Media and Strike 3 Holdings -- that are generally unknown to the public at large. This year alone, they have filed more than 1,700 lawsuits, which as TorrentFreak reports, sets a new file-sharing lawsuit record in the most recent quarter.

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  1. I'm seeing the opposite effect by UnknownSoldier · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So the article mentioned they are going after adult videos being shared.

    However, I'm seeing the opposite effect W.R.T. movies. All the latest crap Hollywood is putting out, such as Stupid Wars: The Latest Junk -- it is SO bad that it isn't even worth pirating in the first place!

    Between RedLetterMedia, MauLer, Midnight's Edge, CinemaSins, etc., and other YouTuber "reviewers" these guys will never be out of a job with all the bad movies Hollywood continues to pump out year after year.

    Are people still sharing music? Apps?

    1. Re:I'm seeing the opposite effect by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hollywood should learn that doing the same thing over and over only works in porn.

    2. Re:I'm seeing the opposite effect by luther349 · · Score: 1

      gotta agree there the stuff been so sad i didn't even watch it pirated.

    3. Re:I'm seeing the opposite effect by luther349 · · Score: 2

      netflicks has alot of great originals but there movie library is shrinking away.

    4. Re:I'm seeing the opposite effect by phantomfive · · Score: 1

      However, I'm seeing the opposite effect W.R.T. movies. All the latest crap Hollywood is putting out, such as Stupid Wars: The Latest Junk -- it is SO bad that it isn't even worth pirating in the first place!

      Yeah, I'm old too. I understand. I was once a hipster so I got all my movies from French foreign film festivals, but now, not even that can save me.

      --
      "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
    5. Re:I'm seeing the opposite effect by grep+-v+'.*'+* · · Score: 2

      gotta agree there the stuff been so sad i didn't even watch it pirated.

      THIS. When you can't give it away for free (even though you're not trying), you know you've done something wrong.

      --
      If the universe is someone's simulation -- does that mean the stars are just stuck pixels?
    6. Re: I'm seeing the opposite effect by stealth_finger · · Score: 1

      If you're not pirating these movies, how do you know they're so bad? Did you pay to see them?

      Because basically the whole world is shouting these are bad films and the previous two gave form.

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      Wanna buy a shirt?
      https://www.redbubble.com/people/stealthfinger/shop?asc=u
    7. Re:I'm seeing the opposite effect by nehumanuscrede · · Score: 1

      Netflix should negotiate with the porn industry to include an adults only tier.
      Watch how that subscriber base jumps by several orders of magnitude. :D

    8. Re:I'm seeing the opposite effect by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 1

      And that formula: Heterosexual infidelity and homosexuality.

      There isn't a single major sitcom, drama, or even science fiction show or fantasy that does not contain these elements.

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      SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
    9. Re:I'm seeing the opposite effect by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      And that formula: Heterosexual infidelity and homosexuality.

      There isn't a single major sitcom, drama, or even science fiction show or fantasy that does not contain these elements.

      This is very true. Also: "men are bad and women are good" and "women can do things not because they are smart or work hard but because they are women and that auto-magically gives them super powers".

    10. Re:I'm seeing the opposite effect by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 1

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkTR4l62Duk

      This is well worth watching on the subject of female costuming and the inverse proportion between intelligence and cleavage in science fiction.

      --
      SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
  2. 5.2x10^-4 Percent by Excelcia · · Score: 2

    1700 out of 327 million, that's a 5.2x10^-4% chance of getting sued. I like my torrents, I'll take my chances.

    1. Re:5.2x10^-4 Percent by luther349 · · Score: 1

      being ips where ruled not to be id i wonder how many of those suits they actually win. they probably will have a riaa track record lol.

  3. Test that VPN by AHuxley · · Score: 1

    Make sure its not showing an isp ip when the ip is moving around.
    Ensure any VPN fault results in your ip still staying hidden.

    --
    Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
  4. Someone is by AHuxley · · Score: 1

    doing collect it all on all p2p?
    Use a quality VPN that does not show your ip no matter the OS, settings.
    A VPN for your entire network so nothing can detect, show, induce an ISP ip to get discovered.

    --
    Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
  5. Re: remember by c6gunner · · Score: 1

    He was an hero!

  6. NOT your usual suspects by sad_ · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In case you were thinking the big hollywood studios are behind this, they are not.
    These two companies are part of the adult industry, never would have thought that they would have been the biggest driving force behind copyright cases.

    --
    On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
  7. Adult Industry by thePsychologist · · Score: 1

    The article mentions the majority of these are in the adult industry.

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    "What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." Ralph Waldo Emerson
    1. Re:Adult Industry by RespekMyAthorati · · Score: 1

      Which is so weird given the terabytes of free porn available on pornhub and xvideos, etc.
      Who the hell is paying for this stuff?

  8. 3 strikes ? by rojash · · Score: 1

    Dont these 'victims' of lawsuits get a 2-strike warning and then ISP boots them out ? SO there are some ISPs who dont care ? or dont respond to these guys ?

  9. My guess by nehumanuscrede · · Score: 1

    It's more profitable to sue folks pirating adult films than it is to actually SELL adult films in this day and age.

    The film itself is produced as bait knowing there will be lots of opportunities to sue folks who download it.
    If not, then the firms themselves create those opportunities by uploading said content and waiting for the inevitable downloads to start.