Guest fountainhall Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 This more or less says it all. An American man has been hit with a $1.5m fine for pirating 10 gay porn movies via BitTorrent. A federal court in Illinois awarded the damages of $150,000 per movie to Flava Works - the creator of the pornographic films . . . In court, Flava Works presented evidence which it said demonstrated that Mr (Kywan) Fisher was the person who put copies of its films on a BitTorrent site. In its evidence, Flava revealed that it had embedded unique codes in the copies of its films that customers pay to view. Digital detective work connected the code in the pirated films back to Mr Fisher, who had earlier signed up as a customer of Flava and paid to view the movies. Once shared via BitTorrent the films were downloaded or viewed 3,449 times, said Flava during its court statements. http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-20178171 It is thought the fine was so high because Mr. Fisher chose not to defend himself. In another 15 cases involving the same porn company this year, the cases were dropped because of lack of evidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotallyOz Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 SOME Porn companies hire a team of lawyers to bring suit all the time. Most of the time they get nothing but when they do, they can really get a windfall. It is worth it to them. I know some major US companies hire on contingency firms and all they do is sue for copyright and trademark infringement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
