Re: 23,000 IP addresses

[Marshall Eubanks <tme () americafree tv>]

On May 10, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Roland Perry wrote:

> In article <BANLkTimA-ZpM3bKXoDtxMgXySJ_FKYS+0w () mail gmail com>, chip <chip.gwyn () gmail com> writes
>
> > Interesting, especially after this:
> >
> > http://torrentfreak.com/ip-address-not-a-person-bittorrent-case-judge-says-110503/
>
> It depends whether you are suing the subscriber or the downloader (maybe both can be liable in some cases). Also 
> whether the subscriber was running an open Wifi (normally not recommended), which is a matter of evidential fact to 
> be explored in each particular case.

And, perhaps most critically, which judge you come before. (It will take a while, and maybe a visit to the Supreme 
Court, before you can
expect legal consistency here.) 

Note also that these generally do not go to trial.

Regards
Marshall 


> > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Marshall Eubanks <tme () multicasttech com> wrote:
> > > A Federal Judge has decided to let the "U.S. Copyright Group" subpoena ISPs over 23,000 alleged downloads of some
> > > Sylvester Stallone movie I have never heard of; subpoenas are expected to go out this week.
> > >
> > > I thought that there might be some interest in the list of these addresses :
> > >
> > > http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2011/05/expendibleipaddresses.pdf
> > >
> > > If you have IP addresses on this list, expect to receive papers shortly.
> > >
> > > Here is more of the backstory :
> > >
> > > http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/05/biggest-bittorrent-case/
> > >
> > > This is turning into quite a legal racket (get order $ 3000 for sending a threatening letter); I expect to see a lot
> > > more of this until some sense returns to the legal system.
>
> Attempts a bit like this have come unstuck in the UK. Search for "Davenport Lyons" and "ACS Law"
> -- 
> Roland Perry