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wehateporn · 11-02-2012, 05:02 AM

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 · 11-02-2012, 05:05 AM

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youhateGAYporn?

Off to register that domain now, cheers

topnotch, standup guy · 11-02-2012, 06:43 AM

That's one upload monkey who's really biting down hard on the pillow about now

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That's one upload monkey who's really biting down hard on the pillow about now

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Due · 11-02-2012, 06:47 AM

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

brassmonkey · 11-02-2012, 06:49 AM

they wasted their time if the guy is not rolling in the dough. what a joke ever heard of the blood and turnip deal??

javbucks · 11-02-2012, 08:59 PM

What's worse the fines or that everyone knows he likes gay porn

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Half man, Half Amazing · 11-02-2012, 09:26 PM

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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

Barry-xlovecam · 11-02-2012, 10:18 PM

It was a default judgement.

baddog · 11-02-2012, 10:22 PM

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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.

GFED · 11-02-2012, 11:10 PM

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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.

xXXtesy10 · 11-02-2012, 11:18 PM

LamboSV · 11-02-2012, 11:23 PM

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Can u get anymore nastier

xXXtesy10 · 11-02-2012, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by LamboSV

Can u get anymore nastier

How's this?

LamboSV · 11-02-2012, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by xXXtesy10

How's this?

God damn *unsubscribes*

seeandsee · 11-03-2012, 08:06 AM

his family must be proud

Due · 11-03-2012, 10:19 AM

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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

Lykos · 11-03-2012, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by xXXtesy10

anexsia · 11-03-2012, 02:17 PM

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.

brassmonkey · 11-03-2012, 02:23 PM

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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.

grzepa · 11-03-2012, 02:29 PM

thanks for the amazing pictures. I'll never open any gay threads in the future

Matt 26z · 11-03-2012, 05:46 PM

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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