In other news, man robbing store unmasked caught. More at eleven.
[sp]like why is this news lmao[/sp]
[QUOTE=gk99;45768081]In other news, man robbing store unmasked caught. More at eleven.
[sp]like why is this news lmao[/sp][/QUOTE]
Yeah doesn't this sort of shit happen all the time? Why point out this one guy?
[QUOTE]A judge in Wolverhampton ruled that Philip Danks, 25, uploaded the movie, which was downloaded 700,000 times.
The Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact) claimed this meant "millions of pounds" lost for the film's distributor, Universal Pictures.[/QUOTE]
yes im sure all those people would have rushed out to see the movie if this one pirate copy wasnt uploaded out of the dozens available
Selling it is fucked up though.
[quote]for 33 months[/quote]
Uhhh... I know that's 'millions of pounds' lost, but 700k downloads when the company will get maybe £5 out of each ticket? That's £3.5 million. I don't think it's going to take 33 months for Universal to get that money back.
[editline]22nd August 2014[/editline]
[quote]ultimately affects all of us.[/quote]
Yeah, like a 3-year jail sentence.
Good to see this monster off the streets.
the inside of a jail will show him the error of his ways I'm sure.
[quote]The Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact) claimed this meant "millions of pounds" lost for the film's distributor, Universal Pictures.[/quote]
I know this isn't and shouldn't be legal, but we have to end this "one download = one lost sale" nonsense.
who even does this anymore?
i remember people who used to knock on your door selling you dvds of the current films out of a plastic bag and they were horrible quality, filmed by a person actually in the cinema
but now it just seems to be torrents
also what's the point of even imprisoning him, not saying what he did was completely right (he could've done it better lmao) but it's just pointless and a waste of everyone's time
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also what's the point of even imprisoning him, not saying what he did was completely right (he could've done it better lmao) but it's just pointless and a waste of everyone's time[/QUOTE]
Gotta bend over for the big corporations.
[QUOTE=itisjuly;45768660]Gotta bend over for the big corporations.[/QUOTE]
They should pay his prison bill then.
[QUOTE=cyanidem;45768771]They should pay his prison bill then.[/QUOTE]
That's not what bending over implies.
While claiming they lost out on millions is BS the guy is an idiot.
[QUOTE]Officers were able to trace him after he used the username TheCod3r to leave a comment on a well-known pirated movie website.
Danks had used the same username on the Plenty of Fish dating website.[/QUOTE]
[quote]As well as putting the film on the internet, Danks offered to sell copies of the film using his Facebook profile.[/quote]
That's what he did wrong. The dating profile thing is just icing on the cake that probably would not be proof enough
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