Golden Eye porn producer seeks to widen piracy blitz
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[QUOTE][B]A pornographic film-maker has revealed plans to chase more internet users for compensation for pirating others' adult movies.[/B]
The move follows a Court of Appeal ruling which overturned a previous block on Golden Eye offering its services to other rights holders.
It keeps about 75% of all payments.
Spokesman Julian Becker - who funded the case - said he now planned to travel to the US to offer to enforce local firms' copyrights in the UK.
"I look forward to travelling to adult conferences in Los Angeles and Vegas in early January to offer Golden Eye's services to other producers," he told the BBC.
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Piracy payments
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The court ruling brings to an end a legal dispute between Golden Eye and the Open Rights Group (ORG).
The digital rights campaign group had challenged the company's right to make internet service provider (ISP) O2 reveal the names of thousands of suspected copyright infringers.
An initial ruling went in ORG's favour saying that while Golden Eye could see the details of about 2,800 people suspected of illegally downloading its own movies, it had no grounds to pursue individuals who had
accessed other production companies' material - despite its business arrangement with them.
The judge [URL="http://www.openrightsgroup.org/assets/files/pdfs/Approved%20judgment%20Golden%20Eye%2021%20dec%2012.pdf"]said that to permit such an agreement[/URL] "would be tantamount to the court sanctioning the sale of the intended defendants' privacy and data protection rights to the highest bidder".
He added that if the other film makers wanted "redress" they would have to pursue the suspected pirates themselves.
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Thousands of O2 customers are set to receive letters from Golden Eye next year
Golden Eye appealed the judgement, and last Friday the Court of Appeals ruled in its favour.
"It was both illogical and inconsistent for the judge to deny the self-same relief to the other claimants merely because they have chosen to pursue their claims with the assistance of Golden Eye under arrangements
which the judge had previously found to be both lawful and not part of a speculative invoicing scheme," wrote Lord Justice Patten.
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Legal letters
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Mr Becker said he now intended to contact alleged infringers - identified by internet addresses linked to file-sharing activities - in the New Year.
Recipients will be told they are suspected of accessing one or several adult films via peer-to-peer networks and will be invited to negotiate a lump sum payment.
Golden Eye had originally indicated it wanted to demand a £700 penalty, however this was blocked on the grounds that the sum was "excessive".
The Open Rights Group expressed concern at the appeal's verdict.
"Such a decision effectively means that someone who themselves has no interest in a claim can acquire personal details to obtain large sums of money," [URL="http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2012/court-of-appeal-allows-golden-eye-appeal"]it said[/URL].
"In this case Golden Eye are not a firm of solicitors, and thus are not regulated in the same way solicitors are."
However, Mr Becker suggested that opposition to his actions might be based on the distaste some had for the pornographic industry,
"Adult content is legal in the UK and should be given the same rights as mainstream films," he told the BBC.
"However, in reality, I believe there is always going to be a bias against this genre of film production.
"85% of computers exhibit porn history, although 90% of users will preach against it. This makes me wonder, if Golden Eye represented the interests of mainstream producers, would there have ever been a necessity of
such a long and expensive legal process?
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Why.... would you pirate porn. It's so easy to get your hands on FREE porn that that's just ridiculous.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;39011436]Why.... would you pirate porn. It's so easy to get your hands on FREE porn that that's just ridiculous.[/QUOTE]
Most of that free porn is pirated and reuploaded. Ever noticed how some videos have watermarks from five different websites?
[QUOTE=Riller;39011459]Most of that free porn is pirated and reuploaded. Ever noticed how some videos have watermarks from five different websites?[/QUOTE]
and those promos for getting any woman you want or something like that. Sounds to me like a marketing conspiracy to get people to stop watching porn.
goddamn live jasmin..
i want ma brazzers
[QUOTE=Zorus;39011525]and those promos for getting any woman you want or something like that. Sounds to me like a marketing conspiracy to get people to stop watching porn.[/QUOTE]
I doubt this. If we stopped watching porn, everyone would lose money.
Wasn't the first way of making money on the internet by selling porn?
I came in here expecting this to be something about James Bond porn
As the tagline says
[I]When the world is the target and the threat is real, you can still depend on one man's penis.[/I]
[QUOTE=ewitwins;39011436]Why.... would you pirate porn. It's so easy to get your hands on FREE porn that that's just ridiculous.[/QUOTE]
For the gripping stories and award winning actng...obviously.
British porn is shit anyway, the women always have some antifap measure like being scousers
[QUOTE=smurfy;39012831]British porn is shit anyway, the women always have some antifap measure like being scousers[/QUOTE]
That and British porn has shit quality compared to American.
[QUOTE=RichyZ;39014946]also everything is themed about the american revolution and tea which is a huge turnoff[/QUOTE]
Speak for yourself.
Tea can be pretty damn hot, if you ask me.
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Like, I've scalded my lips more than once from tea.
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Seriously that shit can get hot.
While I do think these workers should be compensated for their work, suing people is not the answer. The market needs to adapt and when I say that, I don't mean throwing up a "guest section" on the website. No one is going to pay $30 a month for the "all access pass" once the 40-50 year old technical illiterates die off.
Shoulda done Goldfinger
[QUOTE=YourFriendJoe;39011615]Wasn't the first way of making money on the internet by selling porn?[/QUOTE]
The first way to make money on anything is always porn.
Who would have figured that people in the porn industry are such whores.
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