New Round of P2P Lawsuits from Hollywood

An anonymous reader writes "There is a new story on ZDNet about more lawsuits against P2P file sharers. The catch is that Hollywood is using the log files off Bit Torrent sites like Suprnova and LokiTorrent."

Imagine...

[DrifterX79]

that after all this time they figured out how to use log files to their advantage

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Re:Solution: Offshore all Torrent sites to Asia

[marlinSpike]

Finally... something nobody will get pissed off about when it's offshored!

This is stupid.

[Spy der Mann]

If people only downloaded GOOD movies from the net, they'd have much more free time and wouldn't be caught so easily.

RTFReviews.

Re:A way out?

[imboboage0]

Well now that they know YOU do it.....

Copyright theft

[P0ldy]

"Internet movie thieves be warned: You have no friends in the online community when you are engaging in copyright theft," MPAA Senior Vice President John Malcom said in a statement.

Someone stole your copyrights? Maybe that person's running a few trackers and is distributing the works as [s]he sees fit!

Let me be the first to say...

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh Shit.

and /. is next

[jspectre]

congratulations! every one of you who complains about hollywood's ingenious move to sue their own customers will find yourself at the end of a lawsuit when they sue /. for their log files!

enjoy your freedom of thought while it lasts!

Re:Oh goody.

[shmlco]

Your movies suck.

Well, that's certainly a valid reason for spending a hour or so downloading them off a torrent and then a couple of hours watching one. I mean, time poor internet professionals really need to waste MORE of their time, right?

And just out of curiosity, what new business model (paid content) works when people think that they're entitled to it for free?

Re:Usenet?

[AndroidCat]

Could they grab the chickenhead posting his entire Star Trek video collection to alt.binaries.scooter ("pictures of scooters and related items") first? That would make me very happy!

Re:knowledge is power

[Zangief]

That{s why we need (and for other reasons) Creative Commons Pr0n.

Re:knowledge is power

[bloo9298]

Oh, they're already working on the "Open Sauce" porn series. Eric Raymond is up first, with some transexuals and hermaphrodites. The title is the "The Bazaar and the Bizarre".

Re:Usenet?

[Nursie]

Shshshsh!

Remember the first rule of Usenet - You DO NOT talk about Usenet.