US Online Piracy Lawsuits Break Record Numbers

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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I'm seeing the opposite effect

[UnknownSoldier]

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?

Re:I'm seeing the opposite effect

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:I'm seeing the opposite effect

[luther349]

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

Re:I'm seeing the opposite effect

[grep -v '.*' *]

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.

5.2x10^-4 Percent

[Excelcia]

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

NOT your usual suspects

[sad_]

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.