Comments on: IP-Addresses of First Hurt Locker Victims Revealed

By: be interested in this. « no.plan.

be interested in this. « no.plan. — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:37:24 +0000

[...] address (basically a time/location stamp that can only come from your computer). you might of heard news stories where people get caught because the police have their ip [...]

By: Adam of Movia Desert

Adam of Movia Desert — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:46:37 +0000

I hope whoever was caught, were using some IP filter of SOME Sort….all it takes is parsing their “allowed” connections carefully around their date/time stamp that the MAFIAA caught them, and those IPs could potential be the “antis” that caught them.

By: IP Freely

IP Freely — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:02:08 +0000

Man these guys still live in the darkages if they think IP=Person.

Serves any of you right for downloading a piece of crap.

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WrapUp: New Xbox 360, Speed Up Your Boot Time, and More — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:04:53 +0000

[...] IP Addresses of First Hurt Locker Victims Revealed A list has been released of the first 700 IP addresses and associated Internet providers of BitTorrent users who were sharing a copy of Acadamy Award Winning “The Hurt Locker.” If you’re concerned that you might be on that list, check it out. [...]

By: AsteriskCGY

AsteriskCGY — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:27:30 +0000

Well you really can’t argue its a bad film. Won an Oscar and all. At most really they should force everyone to buy a BD copy of the thing.

By: AllYouDoIsTalk

AllYouDoIsTalk — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:07:12 +0000

Quit calling counter sue or class action unless you are actually going to fucking do it. Either take action or take it up your ass.

“Nut up or shut up” ~Woody H.

By: Hurt Locker BitTorrent Targets Get Offers of Representation @ blog.idtorrent.org

Hurt Locker BitTorrent Targets Get Offers of Representation @ blog.idtorrent.org — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:00:29 +0000

[...] Many thousands of Internet subscribers across the US are currently facing the prospect of being accused of illegally sharing movies such as Far Cry, The Chaos Experiment, Uncross The Stars, The Gray Man, Call of the Wild and Hurt Locker. [...]

By: kerverosel

kerverosel — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:41:51 +0000

many are using open wifi routers without password, so how can you be blamed if someone is downloading from the next building? Also, many local authorities, coffeshops, hotels etc in europe are offering free wifi hotspots. so ip is nothing and cannot stand up in any serious court

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:55:38 +0000

Correct me I’m wrong, but it sounds like these 700 IP addresses have merely been submitted to the court.

The court hasn’t yet made a decision about revealing the identities associated with the IPs, have they?

By: Noone

Noone — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:34:21 +0000

Just a note- most IP’s have stated that they keep logs going back about 1.5 years, in case they are asked for them by law enforcement officials. You see, you don’t need a REAL warrant to access anything considered a “log” today- look up “Pen/Trace Warrants”, “Verizon police geolocation tool”, or “IP Law enforcement Leaked Price List Cox” or something similar if you are unaware of just how “on record” you really are. As for this “Hurt Locker” crap; this just seems like a way for movies that SUCK and therefore don’t do well enough in ticket sales to “recoup” (read: extort) ALL the tickets sales that went unsold to ALL those people who instead must have DOWNLOADED the movie and watched it. As stated above- enough people know how to properly hide themselves when using torrents that I would imagine a NUMBER of people would be told that they owed $1500 when they might never even have HEARD of the stupid movie. Also, as stated above, all it will take is enough of those people to file a class action suit against the company acting on the behalf of the particular movie in question for it all to go to S^%T for THEM.
Survival of the fittest- IF you download a movie and you ENJOYED it then at least buy it on DVD when it comes out or something. If it SUCKS, then delete the file and the crappy movie gets NO money with which to go and make MORE crappy movies. Or, if you have no money to buy the movie, at least try to promote it by telling people you know to go see it/buy it. Same thing goes for EVERYTHING you download, really.