Warner Bros Denies “Abuse” in Piracy Settlement Scheme

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A major Hollywood studio abusing the system? I find that hard to believe. Besides, they said they didn't do it. ;)

Sending $20 piracy fines to alleged copyright infringers has landed Warner Bros. in federal court. The Hollywood studio is accused of harassment and abuse of legal process, but denies any wrongdoing.
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Hmm.

Interested in this article, but apparently torrent freak is blocked at work :(
 
Warner Bros is asking for a dismissal. Early next month is when they meet to decide.

From what I understand... Basically, they claim they way they were doing things was protected under free speech and petitioning right. I might be reading that wrong though.
According to Warner Bros and Rightscorp the settlement demand letters are protected under California’s anti-SLAPP statute. As a result, the claimed abuse would violate the company’s free speech and petitioning rights.
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So $20 fine is illegal but $1000s of fines upon $1000s until single moms owe $250k in fines is ok for sharing one mp3 or movie... for no profit? hmm.
 
Odnocer said:
Hmm... Warner Bros. abusing the system?

Type PC Hound in google search and H forum is linked for more hits boosting its google ratings.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshste...veryone-hiring-an-seo-consultant-should-know/

But hey... looked what happened to JP Penny when they got caught linking. :D

http://searchengineland.com/new-yor...at-causes-plummeting-rankings-in-google-64529

So much for transparency.
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What does this have to do with our current topic?

We aren't talking about Warner Brothers boosting their google ratings, we are talking about them - through Righscorp - abusing the subpoena process to mass get users identities and sen them $20 "fines" not sanctioned by any court.
 
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