‘Hurt Locker’ studio to file lawsuits against record-breaking 24,583 BitTorrent users

By on May 24, 2011 at 6:59 PM
General May 24, 2011

The production studio behind the movie Hurt Locker, Voltage Pictures, is attempting to go after a record 24,583 illegal BitTorrent users. The studio has already filed lawsuits against 5,000 BitTorrent users who illegally downloaded Hurt Locker and, in an effort to make up losses due to piracy, it’s now going after more with the help of law firm Dunlap, Grubb and Weaver. According to TorrentFreak, the lion’s share of subscribers — provided on a list to the U.S. District Court of Columbia — are Comcast customers (10,532). 5,239 are Verizon subscribers, 2,699 are Charter customers, and 1,750 are Time Warner users. The lawsuits will likely be tried over the next several years, however, as Verizon and Charter only offer up 100 and 150 customer IP-addresses per month. TorrentFreak suggested that Voltage Pictures would prefer to reach cash settlements with customers as opposed to taking each case to court individually.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bob-Sherunkel/100001342594510 Bob Sherunkel

    I think the lawsuit makes Voltage Pictures look like greedy a-holes, more than it makes the downloaders look like thieves. They may get some money, but they aren’t doing their cause any good.

  • voltage pictures $ux

    are people insane? This is a shameful abuse of the law.

    The very first basic premise of ownership of private property is the securing of said property.

    These entertainment companies have NOT kept up with rapidly evolving new technologies.
    Penalizing people with lawsuits seeking insane amounts for each download.. for simply taking advantage of free p2p technologies we have at our fingertips (much like taping a song off the radio did) is the worst kind of corporate and legal bullying and is going to backfire in their faces.
     
    Hey VOLTAGE: Come up with a way to secure your property against copying.
    If you cant do that then stfu. If you leave a bag of cash sitting in the street unprotected, whose fault is it it got picked up by some passerby? SHAME ON YOU

    Remember, no one whatsoever in the record business was complaining when cd’s replaced vinyl (at much cheaper production and distribution), in the early 1980′s, boosting their profits substantially.
    Question:
    What’s the difference between lawyer and a catfish?
    One is a scum-sucking bottom dweller and the other is a fish.

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