Major Labels, RIAA, Homeland Security All Spotted 'Pirating' Works
from the telling dept
Early last week we noted that, using the tool, YouHaveDownloaded, some folks in the Netherlands noticed that the local music collection society appeared to be engaging in infringement. You knew that wasn't where things would end. Soon after that, people spotted infringement emanating from NBC Universal, Sony Pictures and Fox Entertainment -- three of the biggest supporters of ever more draconian copyright law. And, of course, that was just the beginning. The RIAA and Homeland Security have now also been identified. And, no, in most of these cases, it's clearly not just for research purposes or to find infringers. The RIAA, for example, could probably get away with downloading music... but the first five seasons of the TV show, Dexter? That's tougher to believe. The folks at Gizmodo have calculated just how much the RIAA's likely infringement here should cost, using the RIAA's own metric of the maximum statutory rates of $150,000 per infringement... and figured the RIAA owes about $9 million. Somehow I doubt we'll see the RIAA pay up any time soon.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: copyright, dhs, infringement, pipa, protect ip, sopa, you have downloaded
Companies: fox entertainment, nbc universal, riaa, sony pictures
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/amidoingitrite
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Only if you have $$$ will you be innocent
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They were... uh... testing?
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Hmmm, 5 posts already and no attempt to white knight the industry against the very attacks they inflict on innocent civilians? Must be lunchtime over there.
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Then again, I have failed to detect sarcasm before, mostly because the true trolls are often indistinguishable from the parodies.
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They'll pay it...
And then file a claim against their insurance.
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Cmon really?
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its like christmas came early
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:)
Oh yea, tolja so...industry shills.
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Dammit
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They don't owe $9million
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I love it
here it is
http://torrentfreak.com/riaa-someone-else-is-pirating-through-out-ip-addresses-111221/
Biggest joke I seen in a long time sure glad no third parties can ever get our IP addresses they would not be able to sue us any more. I mean come on Joe blow down the road would never hack my WiFi.
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wow
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