Los Angeles – The producers of Oscar-winner "The Hurt
Locker" have begun to file suit against individuals who allegedly
downloaded the film illegally on file-sharing networks, CNET News.com reported.
Earlier this week, a customer of ISP Qwest Communications was informed the
company received a subpoena seeking the customer’s identity.
Voltage Pictures
hired the D.C. law firm of Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver, and filed suit against
5,000 "John Doe" defendants thought to have downloaded the film.
The
firm has now taken the next step, and filed a subpoena with an ISP seeking the
identity of an alleged infringer, offering to call off its legal threats if the
individual pays a $2,900 settlement fee, according to documents obtained by CNET.
Voltage has blamed the film’s relatively lackluster performance at the box
office on piracy; "The Hurt Locker" leaked to BitTorrent five months
before its theatrical release.
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(DMW previous coverage)
Many are getting these letters. Looking at news reports it is about 50,000
The cost to hiring a lawyer is more than the out of court settlement so its hard to win.
Here is an interesting web site offering self help to block the release of your name to USCG.
http://torrentfreak.com/lawyer-offers-self-help-to-sued-bittorrent-users-100829/
The link to the forms are in the text toward the bottom.