A week after it won two Oscars at the Academy Awards, the makers of Dallas Buyers Club have sued more than 100 alleged BitTorrent pirates in a U.S. federal court. The complaint cites the film's success, and the filmmakers hope to extract some additional revenue from the unauthorized downloaders.
It's been Just over month since a near perfect copy of Dallas Buyers Club appeared online and already thousands of people have downloaded the critically acclaimed movie. In response, owner Voltage Pictures has just filed a lawsuit with the aim of punishing individuals who downloaded the leaked DVD screener copy…
The people behind the Oscar-winning movie Dallas Buyers Club are continuing their crusade against the unauthorized distribution of their film. New lawsuits are filed every week and the first settlement offers have now been sent out, demanding up to $5,000 per offense, or worse.
The studio behind the Oscar-winning movie Dallas Buyers Club has initiated legal action to extract cash payments from Australian pirates who obtained the movie using BitTorrent. Perhaps surprisingly one of the ISPs targeted is iiNet, a company that takes a particularly dim view of this kind of activity and one…