Man sued by Disney/Warner Bros. for downloading movies

[Web Lass]

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Hollywood came calling for Mike Padgett, but not in the way many imagine.

Padgett, of 826 W. VanTrees St., was sued this week in U.S. District Court in Evansville by Disney and Warner Brothers for copyright infringement. The suit, as reported in Wednesday's edition of the Evansville Courier and Press, states that Padgett had allegedly download two movies ? "Batman Begins" and "Sweet Home Alabama."

Padgett, who is a custodian at Washington High School, refused to comment. He would not say if he has hired an attorney yet but may make comments after he speaks with an attorney.

Although the suit originated from Loeb and Loeb, a law firm from New York, it was filed in Evansville by Pat Shoulders of Ziemer, Stayman, Weitzel and Shoulders. Shoulder's office declined comment and passed any questions on to the Motion Picture Association of America.

Michelle Greeno, a spokesman for the Los Angeles group, said the way his group pursues those who would download is by using an investigation team and issuing subpoenas to Internet service providers. Greeno also said the program Padgett used was Kazaa, a controversial file-sharing program that was eventually shut down. Greeno also said the group does contact all individuals to stop before filing suit.

"There's no difference between walking into a video store and stealing a movie off the shelf," Greeno said. "We have a multi-pronged approach to fighting piracy."

The Motion Picture Association of America Web site, http://www.mpaa.org, says damages from copyright infringement have ranged from $30,000 to $150,000 depending on the severity of the case. In the original suit, the studios are asking for destruction of the movies and for damages and legal fees.

The studios also filed suit against another southern Indiana man, Paul Hess of Tell City. He is alleged to have downloaded "Million Dollar Baby" illegally. Hess, who works in a computer repair store, said to the Courier and Press that it may have been accidental as he was trying to fix a computer.

Also according to the MPAA site, about $3.5 billion is lost every year to film piracy.

[Subway]

Donald and Mickey may swallow my sperm

[Tom_PM]

"There's no difference between walking into a video store and stealing a movie off the shelf"

Hard to argue with that.


Hess, who works in a computer repair store, said to the Courier and Press that it may have been accidental as he was trying to fix a computer.

[Subway]

Originally Posted by PR_Tom

"There's no difference between walking into a video store and stealing a movie off the shelf"

Hard to argue with that.

There is a difference,

if you otherwise don't buy the movie
you don't steel

A) production dvd cost B) Shipping cost

You only take a digital image, if you otherwise never bought the disk, nothing lost for Mickey Mou$e

[mazdaman]

well yeh, because u didnt pay to see the movie did you, otherwise u may have done legally so mickey does lose out

[darnit]

Disney is notoriously trigger happy with their lawyers. This doesnt surprise me at all.

[Tom_PM]

Ok true enough, figure in the production costs and shipping costs for 1 DVD then.

Personally, I think when someone is nabbed like that, they should hand them a DVD of the movie they downloaded and make them buy it and send them on their merry way.

[psili]

Come on, man.

Downloading any licensed content without permission to do so free of charge is illegal.

The dude's no different than one who procures a stolen pass to a paysite and downloads all the member content.

Originally Posted by Subway

There is a difference,

if you otherwise don't buy the movie
you don't steel

A) production dvd cost B) Shipping cost

You only take a digital image, if you otherwise never bought the disk, nothing lost for Mickey Mou$e

[VicJay]

Originally Posted by Subway

Donald and Mickey may swallow my sperm

[cool1]

Oh well can't do the time don't do the crime

[tyler.]

that goes out for all pirates out there

[Subway]

Originally Posted by psili

Come on, man.

Downloading any licensed content without permission to do so free of charge is illegal.

The dude's no different than one who procures a stolen pass to a paysite and downloads all the member content.

It's not illegal in the Netherlands to download copyrighted material
It's not illegal in France to upload and download copyrighted material

Make it affordable for everybody and nobody downloads anything anymore from shitty networks. Micropayments is the magic word.

[psili]

Originally Posted by Subway

It's not illegal in the Netherlands to download copyrighted material
It's not illegal in France to upload and download copyrighted material

I did not know that about the Netherlands and France. I think it's kind of fucked up to not protect copyrighted material, but good for them, I guess.

[Subway]

Oh BTW micropayments is something that mickey and Donald don't know.
We went to Disneyland Paris, a small doll is 30 euro

Offcourse as dealer of porn, i'm for more laws agains downloading porn but disneymovies must be free downloadable ;)

[luv$]

Does this mean Disney is going to pay me back the price of a ticket if the movie is not as good as the preview made it look?

Nope.

Till then I'mma keep paying for movies and music worth the money & stealing the movies and music worth shit.

[babalapoulos]

In my country (Netherlands) it's legal 2 download movies and music but it's not legal 2 upload(share) movies and music.

But what can I say where I live I can blow(marihuana) my brains out legally

[Downtime]

Originally Posted by darnit

Disney is notoriously trigger happy with their lawyers. This doesnt surprise me at all.

Doesn't surprise me either.

[Choppa]

Many legal things in amsterdam

[Manowar]

not surprising

[Abyss_Vee]

www.netflix.com or www.blockbuster.com save yourself the headache

[DaddyHalbucks]

If you want to download movies, this is the place to do it:

http://links.pimproll.com/?s=downloa...imp5618&j=5&t=