Woman Fights Porn Companies' Anti-Piracy Suits

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Raise your hand if you thought that headline said the woman was fighting the "porn companies' anti-piracy SLUTS. :D

A Kentucky woman, Jennifer Barker, is suing the five companies that targeted her and is seeking class-action status to hold the companies accountable for harassing calls for settlements. The five companies, out of California and London, have filed more than 500 lawsuits in 17 states against John and Jane Does in recent years.
 
... all in your head, Steve. All in your head...

(shakes fist at RL)
 
Btw, why are people so concerned about others knowing that they've watched porn anyway... if even masturbation isn't that frowned upon, how is porn watching (a mean to the end of masturbation) any worse...
 
Leave it to the porn industry to do some shady ass shit and then, basically, black mailing people into paying "settlements" or risk exposure.

Not to mention the fact that a single downloaded porn is no where near $1000-5000 lost let alone the whack ass $150,000 figure.

Oh...and amateur porn all the way! :)
 
Leave it to the porn industry to do some shady ass shit and then, basically, black mailing people into paying "settlements" or risk exposure.

Not to mention the fact that a single downloaded porn is no where near $1000-5000 lost let alone the whack ass $150,000 figure.

Oh...and amateur porn all the way! :)
In before 3 guys 1 hammer and 1 lunatic 1 ice pick. That's NO WAY.
 
no..... but I wonder what an Anti-piracy suit looks like?

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...while a third found copying such a film contrary to her "religious, moral, ethical and personal views."

Yup cause we all know, if you say you are religious then you are automatically an sexual saint:eek:
 
Leave it to the porn industry to do some shady ass shit and then, basically, black mailing people into paying "settlements" or risk exposure.

Do you realize they are doing it after others did it (successfully) ? Remember the Hurt Locker case(s) ?
 
When Gotvald received a notice that he defaulted and lost a copyright lawsuit, he didn't know what it meant and hadn't ever heard of the company suing him, Raw Films, or the film he was accused of downloading, "Raw Rescue."

The f... did they serve the John Doe IP# or something?

Frequently, the film companies band together and seek a waiver of court fees for the lawsuits, minimizing their costs and making any money collected from the calls strictly profit.

That is the problem. There should be no waiving of court fees. Make this type of bulk lawsuit stuff more expensive and a higher risk/gamble. It'll cut down on a lot of the "we lack evidence but pay us" type of lawsuits.
 
The f... did they serve the John Doe IP# or something?



That is the problem. There should be no waiving of court fees. Make this type of bulk lawsuit stuff more expensive and a higher risk/gamble. It'll cut down on a lot of the "we lack evidence but pay us" type of lawsuits.

+1 here
 
Sheesh this is ridiculous, why do companies have to be so anal about this stuff, its not like these people specifically penetrated their servers and stole a buncha shit that way, I mean cum on! Don't be such a dick abutt it.
 
I get that, despite whatever good or service a company/person produces, they want to be compesated for it. No arguement here...however, we already have see that an IP address does not necessarily equal one person. At best, it's going after a house for payment and trying to shackle the owner, regardless of if he lives there (think landlords). It's quite silly.

I thought the RIAA/MPAA extortion/trials were starting to show this equation as well.
Either way, it's a scam.

"We'd like payment for our products."
"I've never ordered anything from you."
"This address shows you have."
"I just moved here yesterday."
 
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