Hustler Europe Hires Media Protector to Chase Online Porn Pirates
 

http://torrentfreak.com/hustler-hire...irates-090103/


Hustler Europe is getting on the ?turn piracy into profit? bandwagon. It has recently hired anti-piracy tracking company Media Protector to start tracking down those who share Hustler videos online.

Media Protector operates in a similar way to tracking company Digiprotect, who currently work with lawyers Davenport Lyons in the UK. It connects to BitTorrent swarms, eD2k and other filesharing networks, and harvests IP addresses of those sharing copyright works without permission. Media Protector then works with lawyers to force ISPs to disclose the personal details of those allegedly sharing files, sending them letters ordering them to pay a ?fine? (out-of-court settlement) or face legal action.

?We are working today with a lot of international rights-holders and leading production companies ? including Hustler, the world?s largest adult entertainment company ? and have detected well over 200,000 copyright infringements in Germany alone,? Media Protector founder and Managing Director Rainer Strassmeir told Xbiz.

Strassmeir believes that aggressive anti-piracy enforcement is the key to embedding a type of fear in the illegal downloader. He claims it soon becomes known which content producers chase pirates, with those that do witnessing a corresponding decrease in illicit downloads. He also believes that the decrease in piracy leads to an increase in retail sales.

Anti-piracy company Digiprotect has been open about its aims - it says it helps clients ?turn piracy into profit?, although the lawyers it works with in the UK deny that there is any profit motive, rather their actions are purely for anti-piracy purposes. Strassmeir isn?t embarrassed to say that he tries to generate profit from piracy either, as he states that his customers ?enjoyed a new revenue stream by effectively monetizing copyright infringements.?

Last year, the evidence collected by Media Protector was called into doubt. A recipient of a 700 Euro compensation demand for unauthorized uploading was actually operating a client which was modified never to upload, thus making infringement impossible.

Didn't evilangel do this previously to collect $50 tickets?

I love it
I wish they would do a Chris Hansen show where they kocked on people door.

"Why did you steal 15 DVD's with Harry femals from Uganda?"

:thumbsup

Sounds nice on paper, but the reality of the matter is that not nearly enough people will pay the fines levied against them to fund legal action against the ones who do not. I know it looks nice to appear to be making an effort, but this will be a miserable failure.

sounds good, let's see how it goes.

btw, doesn't affect tubes, does it?

I dont understand why they dont hit the ad buyers on those sites. No ads no profit cuts the shit way down.

fucking torrent sites are spammy fuckers too lately

They don't need the fines.

Once someone gets a letter head from an attorney or court they will either
start shitting in their pants or be a fool and continue until they get arrested.

The arrest will make the news and make many more people shit in their pants.

It will have an effect and the increased sales from previous illegal downloaders
will be worth the cash spent to send out a letter.

It seems to me that being outed in open court for downloading pirated music is WAY different from being outed in open court for downloading porn.

"Oh look, there's your husband's name in the newspaper!"

Great idea, this worked so well for the RIAA that no one pirates music anymore.

pirates suck. except for captain jack

and captain morgans

So, law firms can have people arrested now according to you? These companies and firms are taking people to court in civil cases, not criminal. The police have nothing to do with it. Can you grasp the difference? :1orglaugh

And before you reply to that... I'm sure US law firms can have people legally water boarded in secret prisons by now, but this is Europe we're talking about. :winkwink:

i could tell you a lot about this, but it's 5:20 am

fact is: until last year it was a good revenue stream but it has gotten more difficult since now you have to prove that the infringing person did this on purpose

and no one gets arrested. they send the person a bill and about 70% are so afraid that they pay right away. another 20% pay when the letters get more aggressive. the rest is dropped cause going to court makes no sense for such small claims

Don't forget that most people don't want to be "outed" for watching porn online. So I could see this being effective by scaring them with the prospect of their wives, family, and business associates finding out.

But that could be a two-edged sword. It could also scare potential customers away too.

Better late then never.
:disgust

my question is btw: why is it possible to make money with this in Europe (there are a couple of companies who offer this service) while in the US i have to PAY someone like removeyourcontent.com

over here its usually one third for the company, one third for the law firm and one third for the content owner. and it works

Hi Smokey, I like your sig btw!