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And plenty of people are threatened with lawsuits for seeding on an ongoing basis, especially in some markets like Germany where an entire industry stalks publi
by EdwardDiego 3y ago
And plenty of people are threatened with lawsuits for seeding on an ongoing basis, especially in some markets like Germany where an entire industry stalks public torrents looking for German IPs.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> plenty of people are threatened with lawsuits for seeding on an ongoing basis, especially in some markets like Germany Fair enough, I'm talking about America. To my knowledge, individuals downloading pirated content have not been threatened with lawsuits. And to the degree seeders have been threatened, it's only that--threats. When was the last distributor actually sued?
- EdwardDiego 3y agoI know porn owners go after seeders in the US, I've seen news articles from torrentfreak.com to that extent. But the fact that they're not being sued is a weird delineation to make. They're not being sued because they can't afford to defend so are settling. It's not a case that IP owners aren't enforcing copyright, they're just not escalating to actual lawsuits because they don't need to.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> not being sued because they can't afford to defend so are settling I’m asking for evidence of these settlements. The claim is corporations are being given a free pass relative to how individuals are being treated. I’m not seeing that signal. What I am seeing is Americans becoming more sceptical about intellectual property as a result of the MPAA and RIAA overplaying their hands in the 90s.