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Originally Posted by DWB
Soon to be settled out of court and then Private will be buddies with them.
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Settled or not, each lawsuit at least makes pirates more cautious and reasonable.
Hotfile and Rapidshare are the most famous examples - after they were dragged through the courtroom they had to implement some anti-piracy measures and both are rarely used by thieves nowadays as the result. Pornhub is another example - after Topbucks sued them there's visibly less of blatant stealing going on at this site now. We used to find new stolen video every day there, now they steal from us about once a month - yes they haven't left their stealing habits completely even after they were sued, and never will, but at least there's less of it now.
In contrast, sites like xhamster and xvideos that weren't dragged into the courtroom yet are running wild and steal enourmous amount of stuff from us and from gazillions of other producers.
I strongly believe that each anti-piracy lawsuit, no matter the outcome, is a good news both for producers and for the industry as a whole.