Canada Set For Mass BitTorrent Lawsuits, Anti-Piracy Company Warns
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[quote]Following an important court ruling last week, thousands of Canadians are now at risk of being exposed to mass BitTorrent lawsuits. That’s the message from the boss an anti-piracy outfit who says is company has been monitoring BitTorrent networks for infringements and has amassed data on millions of users. The court ruling involved just 50 Canadians but another case on the horizon involves thousands of alleged pirates.
As reported here on TorrentFreak every other week, copyright trolls are alive and well in the United States and Europe.
“Pay us a cash settlement,” the trolls advise, “or we’ll make your life a misery.”
While Canadians are known for their love of online file-sharing, in contrast they have engaged in their pastime largely unhindered for more than a decade. But a court ruling last week has the potential to change the landscape in the largely sharing-tolerant country.
The case involves NGN Prima Productions Inc, a Canadian company active in the US copyright troll scene gathering cash settlements from alleged sharers of its action movie “Recoil.”
Not content with trolling within the confines of the U.S., recently NGN filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court in Montreal.
The company claimed that data collected by anti-piracy company Canipre between September 1 and October 31 showed that 50 IP addresses allocated to four ISPs – 3 Web Corp., Access Communications Co-Operative Ltd., ACN Inc., and Distributel Communications Ltd – had engaged in copyright infringement of Recoil.
To this end, the ISPs should be ordered to hand over the names and addresses of the subscribers in question so that NGN could pursue them for damages, the company insisted.
On Monday November 19 the Federal Court in Montreal granted the request and ordered the four ISPs to hand over the data within two weeks, in Microsoft Excel format and encrypted on a CD.
Barry Logan, managing director of Canipre, says that this event marks the beginning of serious copyright enforcement in Canada. He claims that over the past five months his company has collected data on one million Canadians engaged in BitTorrent sharing and the decision of the Federal Court means that each one could face a damages claim in court.
Of course, what these individuals will actually receive is a letter from Logan’s paymasters at the movie and music studios asking them to settle the case for cash instead. It will come as no surprise that Canipre also works with the porn industry.
“I don’t think we have to limit this to just teenagers downloading Justin Bieber’s last record,” he said. “We represent a lot of mature titles that would be of interest to the 30/40/50 crowd.”
But while the United States has punishing statutory damages of $150,000 per item infringed, non-commercial statutory damages in Canada are capped at CAD$5000 ($5,038 US) meaning the fear factor will be considerably smaller.
Will Canadians feel compelled to pay? We may soon find out.[/quote]
[url]http://torrentfreak.com/canada-set-for-mass-bittorrent-lawsuits-anti-piracy-company-warns-121127/[/url]
Scare tactics as usual. As terrible as these companies are, they never really follow through with these tactics.
[quote]Pay us a cash settlement[/quote]
I'll pay you after I wipe my ass with the bills.
[QUOTE=Protocol7;39050025]Scare tactics as usual. As terrible as these companies are, they never really follow through with these tactics.[/QUOTE]
Or they'll attack a few specific people as "Warnings".
[quote] “Pay us a cash settlement,” the trolls advise, “or we’ll make your life a misery.”[/quote]
That's fucking disgusting
[B]edit:[/B] Never mind, it's TorrentFreak
[QUOTE=wingless;39050035]Or they'll attack a few specific people as "Warnings".[/QUOTE]
Well yeah, but that's part of the scare tactics.
[quote]The case involves NGN Prima Productions Inc, a Canadian company active in the US copyright troll scene gathering cash settlements from alleged sharers of its action movie “Recoil.”[/quote]
Never heard of that movie.
:tinfoil:
What bill are they talking about, I don't remember hearing about such bill. Or is it that C-15 or whatever bill they are referencing?
You know, it's really hard to support anti-piracy measures when they all act like comic book villains
What exactly is a copyright troll?
Teksavvy sent messages to users that could be affected, so at least for some people they'll know what they might be expecting before it occurs.
[QUOTE=axelord157;39050300]What exactly is a copyright troll?[/QUOTE]
Someone who patents the vaguest shit ever and then sues a bunch of people because they infringe upon it.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;39050055]
[B]edit:[/B] Never mind, it's TorrentFreak[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Ericson666;39050263]You know, it's really hard to support anti-piracy measures when they all act like comic book villains[/QUOTE]
You know the quote is bullshit made up by the shitty source right?
[QUOTE=Tuskin;39050076]Never heard of that movie.[/QUOTE]
[quote]Recoil is a 2012 Canadian [B]direct-to-video[/B] action film starring [B]Stone Cold Steve Austin[/B] and Danny Trejo, directed by Terry Miles and written by John Sullivan.[/quote]
definitely not missing anything
[QUOTE=Tuskin;39050076]Never heard of that movie.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1839591/[/url]
It's a shitty direct-to-video movie that like 60 or so people must've torrented, so they're obviously doing it to get some kind of recognition
[editline]1st January 2013[/editline]
aaaaaand the full sucker's on youtube too
[video=youtube;xg9JaA0Ca9U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg9JaA0Ca9U[/video]
[QUOTE=nomad1;39050215]:tinfoil:
What bill are they talking about, I don't remember hearing about such bill. Or is it that C-15 or whatever bill they are referencing?[/QUOTE]
Some somewhat relevant copyright-related bill that TorrentFreak reported on, hand-picking vague details and twisting words because hurr durr big companies want to get rid of my ability to download free movies and games.
Y'know, typical Torrentfreak articles.
I really love how a lot of Facepunchers discredit Russia Today, Fox News, Daily Mail, and The Sun, but I've rarely seen people call off -TORRENTFREAK-.
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;39051822]Some somewhat relevant copyright-related bill that TorrentFreak reported on, hand-picking vague details and twisting words because hurr durr big companies want to get rid of my ability to download free movies and games.[/QUOTE]
You mean all of journalism?
[QUOTE=Ybbats;39052079]You mean all of journalism?[/QUOTE]
The difference is respectable journalism doesn't report aliens/invasions of syria and iran every week (RT), cancer from everything (sun), "left-wing" conspiracies (fox), or secret govt laws govt is bad trying to steal your rights (torrentfreak)
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Fuck I had two pages open and I accidentally posted this reply instead of the one on the other page sorry
They can sue me all they want. But they won't get a cent from me. I'm dirt broke. Have fun with me owing you money you'll never get.
People like me can't afford shit, and torrents are our way of enjoying the things other people can. So this guy can go suck a huge wang.
Yeah guys keep rolling about how nothing anybody say is right ever.
Loose your rights and have a bunch of fucking rediculous laws passed.
Geniusses
For those not in the know, all 4 of the companies hit by Canpire's lawsuit are small independents, and the 5th one mentioned (Teksavvy) by another poster is part of that group as well. It seems they're not interested in trying to fight a court battle for user information with Bell/Rogers/Telus/Videotron. Could be as simple as them knowing they're not likely to win against those giants, but it could be more complicated than that (the big internet providers hate the shit out of the independents right now).
"Someone must have guessed my WEP key!"
Easy.
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