Copyright angle? 1,219 counterfeit goods websites shut down...
 

http://www.techradar.com/news/intern...ebsites-656437

That story got me thinking.. If they can shut down 1,200 websites that are selling non-genuine goods, or failure to deliver goods.. Could a good lawyer make a case that a full length video sold by a website has been "counterfeited" by the re-encoding process at lower quality, and given away, thus de-valuing the copyright owners original works? The quality isn't the same, it's a copy.. Same as a fake Gucci purse no?

And it seems they went to a few departments in a government, rather than some national shit. 1,200 websites shut down, that's pretty big.

that's great news!!!

Interesting thought.

Btw What's up Socks! It's been a while.

Could work, but after reading the article I'd say they were shut down because of fraud. The sites took CC details but never delivered the products ordered.

Putting it simply, a scammed consumer is more important than a webmaster who's had their content stolen. :2 cents:

Not the same... Different issue. This is really a TM issue not a copyright issue.

Passing off is a TM issue. TM is much stronger than copyright protections. Everyone should have their logo TMed and then watermarked on every video.

Perhaps then it would work.

Counterfeit goods - what a crime. Thanks for posting, Socks.

Don't fuck around with the credit card companies... they will fuck you in the ass. Hard.