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Originally Posted by borked
Paul - I know your position, but download the torrent and open up the emails in thunderbird. This company didn't even care whether the IPs/names they had were real pirates or not. Their raison d'être was purely to send out X thousand claims to the names they identified by IP logs, preaching to their clients (ie copyright holders) you will get XXXkGBP per thousand letters ont he first round, XXk on the second round etc.
It was touted as a third untapped income.
That is what this stinks to high heaven about, which others are now jumping onto in the US.
I hope they get landed the half million GBP fine for this major fuckup, because they get what they deserve. This was already covered last year by the BBC and Which as a "guilty until proven innocent" bully tactic and it stinks.
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If that is true and proven they will get their asses handed to them on a plate in court. Do you have proof they did not care, that they obtained IP addresses of people who were not flagged for downloading pirated content.
As I said before I've watched this industry be decimated by pirates. That's hitting you and me in our pockets. Some are not as comfortable as me, some will have to go find new jobs, some will lose their homes and so far nothing has been done to stop pirates.
Maybe a face to face visit is best, with a heftier fine for those who don't allow an inspection of their computers. To cover the cost of the visit.
Something has to done, or this industry will continue to dwindle. Think about what that will mean to you and what your next job will be. Damian's fine, he can keep pulling rabbits from his hat.
From Damian's blog.
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Piracy has been stopped.
Well, that’s unusual isn’t it? All those people saying it was impossible to stop it were WRONG.
I had lunch with Epoch in Amsterdam and they said that the decline in revenues over the last two years has stopped and they can see a steady slow climb on overall revenue.
The only possibly reason for this I can think of is that piracy has stopped.
It’s what every lame-ass idiot has blamed fallen sales on for the last two years, so it has to be real.
Unless of course, piracy has nothing to do with sales at all…
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So no worries it's all good. Your numbers will be reflecting this. Damian had a lunch with Epoch, so it has to be true.
Of course a few people in the Music, Film, Gaming, Programming industries don't have a clue and just like spending money lobbying Governments to get stronger measures put in place. They should speak to Damian.
No need they can view the geniuses video.
http://www.adultmarketing.co.uk/page/2/
More of the geniuses mind blowing marketing here.
http://vimeo.com/13411050
Look at the swank decor. Got to see the success of this man.