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> The plaintiffs have always maintained that they don’t intend to pursue legal action against the targeted Redditors. Ok, sure. But wouldn't admitting to downl
by 3D30497420 3y ago
> The plaintiffs have always maintained that they don’t intend to pursue legal action against the targeted Redditors.
Ok, sure. But wouldn't admitting to downloading movies off BitTorrent open them up to legal action from other parties? In other words, if you downloaded a Sony movie, couldn't they bring a case?
- cainxinth 3y ago“We didn’t originally intend to sue, but then we saw their torrent history and our intentions changed.”
- add-sub-mul-div 3y agoAt the start of the piracy era the media companies went after individuals, but through some combination of bad PR and bad ROI that was abandoned long ago and they changed their strategy to get ISPs held accountable.