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> They were also producing content solely to upload to The Pirate Bay and sue whoever downloaded it. In 2013 Germany had a pretty high-profile case where a com
by freeflight 6y ago
> They were also producing content solely to upload to The Pirate Bay and sue whoever downloaded it.
In 2013 Germany had a pretty high-profile case where a company bought up the rights to some movies on RedTube and then proceeded to send out C&D letters to anybody who streamed them [0].
The situation was extra nasty due to the nature of the content: Getting caught watching porn is already embarassing enough for a lot of people to simply pay up and not pursue any legal means.
[0] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmann-Abmahnaff%C3%A4re https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmann-Abmahnaff%C3%A4re