Cases Against BitTorrent Users Dropped

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One part of me is happy to see these cases dropped. The other part of me wants to punch people in the face for even watching this movie in the first place. :D

Today, the anti-piracy lawyers dropped 97% of the alleged BitTorrent file-sharers from the Far Cry case because of a lack of jurisdiction. This setback seriously limits the profitability of the law firm’s business model, and is a clear victory for thousands of people who were pressured to pay expensive settlements.
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A rare case in where the crime already includes the punishment :D

"Lets drop the case!"
 
If someone sued me for downloading Far Cry, I would counter sue for defamation of character. I would never stoop so low as to watch that flaming turd of a movie, let alone waste my bandwidth pirating it.
 
Jeremy C said:
If someone sued me for downloading Far Cry, I would counter sue for defamation of character. I would never stoop so low as to watch that flaming turd of a movie, let alone waste my bandwidth pirating it.
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This, although I would consider settling before having my name attached. Worse than being sued for pirating porn.
 
Yea, it's a REALLY bad movie. I was bored and instant streamed it through Netflix a few months ago. I couldn't get past half way through it. Only reason I even watched it that far was I kept thinking "it's got to start getting better soon"..... :rolleyes: No such luck.
 
So are they saying we are free to download it?
Not that I want to see it, ever.
 
griff30 said:
So are they saying we are free to download it?
Not that I want to see it, ever.
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Well, apparently they aren't going to sue you for it unless they can get legislative juridstiction, but, karma might still come back to bite you someday like if you ever write a book, do a blog post, etc and see thousands of people pirating it or citing it without proper citation so nobody knows the idea or work is your own...dunn dunn dunnnnn.
 
Watching Far Cry is punishment enough. Uwe Boll makes Ed Wood look like Orson Welles.
 
soz.... maybe this was just a publicity stunt (all publicity is good publicity) designed to increase dvd sales. but the movie probably sucked too bad for that. or maybe they got hit up with bills from people demanding refunds for the time and bandwidth wasted in downloading and watching the movie.
 
Today, the anti-piracy lawyers dropped 97% of the alleged BitTorrent file-sharers from the Far Cry case
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Just curious, how do you split three people up by this factor?
 
I was of the opinion this was along the lines of one of those evolutionary events that kills most of the stupid life forms, leaving the more adaptable ones untouched, but alas, social services for the evolutionarily deprived prevails again...this species is doomed.
 
KatalDT said:
Just curious, how do you split three people up by this factor?
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The judge in the case wouldn't hear any arguments for people living outside the jurisdiction of D.C. where the case was filed. So this isn't really over yet as the scumballs who are doing the extortion on this particular case can still hire lawyers to file the paperwork in the right jurisdictions if they feel like it.
 
eh, i'd say it is the beginning of the end for this crap.
lawyers are getting a lot more push back from judges.
judges are becoming more aware of what is actually involved.
 
If they couldn't even get SciFi channel to air Far Cry, the people being sued should use a mental disease defense.
 
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