Originally Posted by gideongallery

from the article it self

"The jury was told that Dove was responsible for managing and recruiting the crucial ?uploaders? on the site (original seeders)"

what they were getting nailed for was a pre-release screener of the star wars movie.

No purchased rights =no right to view =no fair use rights.

and the jury was convinced that this guy helped convince the person who "obtained" the screener copy to upload it.

Like i have said over 20 times, when you have a direct connection between the revenue generation, and the infringement (you upload infringing content, or you talk someone into uploading infringing content, when you know it is infringing (no purchased rights) you are guilty.


I would like to see the evidence that convinced them that he was personally involved in recruiting the uploader, if that gets discredited on appeal i think this will also go away, just like the "make available" ruling.