Man Fined $1.5m for Sharing Gay Porn on BitTorrent

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  • wehateporn
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    • Apr 2007
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    #1

    Man Fined $1.5m for Sharing Gay Porn on BitTorrent

    Looks like he would have been better of trying to lie

    Gay porn films on BitTorrent: Flava Works gets huge damages

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20178171

    "An American man has been hit with a $1.5m (£932,000) fine for pirating 10 gay porn movies via BitTorrent.

    A federal court in Illinois awarded the damages of $150,000 per movie to Flava Works - the creator of the pornographic films.

    The figure is believed to the biggest awarded in a file-sharing case.

    The award is thought to be so large because the accused, Kywan Fisher, did not defend himself against claims that he pirated the movies.

    In court, Flava Works presented evidence which it said demonstrated that Mr Fisher was the person who put copies of its films on a BitTorrent site.

    In its evidence, Flava revealed that it had embedded unique codes in the copies of its films that customers pay to view. Digital detective work connected the code in the pirated films back to Mr Fisher, who had earlier signed up as a customer of Flava and paid to view the movies.

    Once shared via BitTorrent the films were downloaded or viewed 3,449 times, said Flava during its court statements.

    Flava claimed Mr Fisher had exhibited "wilful copyright infringement" and violated the terms and conditions of the pay-to-view video service he signed up for.

    US Judge John Lee noted Flava's evidence in his summary and said in light of that and the lack of any defence or objection by Mr Fisher, he had no choice but to issue a default judgement in favour of the adult movie maker.

    It is not clear whether Mr Fisher will appeal against the judgement or whether he can pay the fine.

    Mr Fisher was one of 15 people that Flava pursued for pirating its movies. However, the cases against all the others were dropped earlier this year for lack of evidence.

    Many content creators, including movie studios and record labels, have pursued pirates in the courts using net, or IP, addresses as evidence.

    However, many of these cases have been dropped as in May, a US federal judge ruled that an IP address was not sufficient evidence to accuse a person of being a pirate."
  • CurrentlySober
    Too lazy to wipe my ass
    • Aug 2002
    • 39065

    #2
    youhateGAYporn?
    ️ ️

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    • wehateporn
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      • Apr 2007
      • 27176

      #3
      Originally posted by CurrentlySober
      youhateGAYporn?
      Off to register that domain now, cheers

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      • topnotch, standup guy
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        • Mar 2008
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        #4
        That's one upload monkey who's really biting down hard on the pillow about now
        .
        A hard dick has no conscience.

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        • HushMoney
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          • Apr 2005
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          #5
          Originally posted by topnotch, standup guy
          That's one upload monkey who's really biting down hard on the pillow about now
          .
          OUCH!
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          • Due
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            • Mar 2001
            • 3620

            #6
            Misleading tittle

            It's not a fine!

            You go to jail if you do not pay a fine
            You do not go to jail for not paying debt
            I buy plugs
            Skype: Due_Global
            /Due

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            • brassmonkey
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              • Sep 2005
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              #7
              they wasted their time if the guy is not rolling in the dough. what a joke ever heard of the blood and turnip deal??
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              • javbucks
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                #8
                What's worse the fines or that everyone knows he likes gay porn
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                • 24/7 Blogging Crew
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                  • Oct 2012
                  • 1238

                  #9
                  Flavor Flav!!!!!

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                  • Half man, Half Amazing
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                    • Feb 2008
                    • 372

                    #10
                    Originally posted by brassmonkey
                    they wasted their time if the guy is not rolling in the dough. what a joke ever heard of the blood and turnip deal??
                    Precedent
                    Is this gonna get ugly, now? Huh? I hope not. Because I thought what we were here, racial differences notwithstanding, was just a couple of old friends. You know, just both of us Californians.

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                    • Barry-xlovecam
                      It's 42
                      • Jun 2010
                      • 18083

                      #11
                      It was a default judgement.

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                      • baddog
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                        • Apr 2001
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                        #12
                        Originally posted by Half man, Half Amazing
                        Precedent
                        Precedent can only be set in the Appellate Court, and even then it has to be published. Not everything that goes before the Appellate Court gets published.

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                        • GFED
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                          • May 2002
                          • 8121

                          #13
                          Originally posted by JohnnyClips
                          Wrong

                          Many people go to jail every year for not paying a debt
                          Yes, and going to jail doesn't pay off the debt... you still owe it when you get out and will keep going back to jail until it's paid.
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                          • xXXtesy10
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                            #14
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                            • LamboSV
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                              • Oct 2003
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                              #15
                              Originally posted by xXXtesy10
                              Can u get anymore nastier

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                              • xXXtesy10
                                Fakecoin Investor
                                • Jul 2012
                                • 7127

                                #16
                                Originally posted by LamboSV
                                Can u get anymore nastier
                                How's this?

                                WARNING: Stay Away From Marlboroack aka aka Brandon Ackerman
                                http://gfy.com/21169705-post8.html
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                                • LamboSV
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                                  • Oct 2003
                                  • 205

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by xXXtesy10
                                  How's this?

                                  God damn *unsubscribes*

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                                  • seeandsee
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                                    • Due
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                                      • Mar 2001
                                      • 3620

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by JohnnyClips
                                      Wrong

                                      Many people go to jail every year for not paying a debt
                                      Just not in the UK, this guy seems to be in the UK
                                      I buy plugs
                                      Skype: Due_Global
                                      /Due

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                                      • Lykos
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                                        • Apr 2003
                                        • 31027

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by xXXtesy10

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                                        • anexsia
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                                          • May 2010
                                          • 5735

                                          #21
                                          I'm all for catching and fining pirates...but a 1.5 million fine? Give me a fucking break...why not charge the amount of the 10 movies plus a realistic fine on top of that instead.

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                                          • brassmonkey
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                                            • Sep 2005
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                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by anexsia
                                            I'm all for catching and fining pirates...but a 1.5 million fine? Give me a fucking break...why not charge the amount of the 10 movies plus a realistic fine on top of that instead.
                                            because its bullshit. id give up my citizenship.
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                                            • grzepa
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                                              • Jul 2004
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                                              #23
                                              thanks for the amazing pictures. I'll never open any gay threads in the future
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                                              • Matt 26z
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                                                • Apr 2002
                                                • 18481

                                                #24
                                                There was a judge that recently handed down a $900 fine as a default judgement. His reasoning was that the huge fines are for big business type infringement.

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