Sony, Universal, Fox Caught Pirating via BitTorrent

[turbotong]

so would the legal doctrine of "unclean hands" prevent them from suing other people in the future?

 

[ta152h]

Just because someone at Sony pirated something, doesn't mean it's corporate policy. There are a lot of people that work there, and obviously sooner or later one of them is going to do something they shouldn't. Just like anywhere else.

 

[freggo]

Grossly misleading and actually defamatory headline. If I was a Sony lawyer I'd send a cease and desist to THG; if not more.
Come on, is the news that slow that you have to make up a knowingly false headline ?
Or has the editor already left for the holidays and this stuff gets out there unchecked ?

:-(

 

[freggo]

[citation][nom]mightymaxio[/nom]Wait till ipv6 and everyones got there own unique ip address instead of dynamic it will all become static. Good luck trying to run away from that when they catch you![/citation]

You can still hook on to someone else's wifi signal etc.

 

[jezus53]

[citation][nom]ta152h[/nom]Just because someone at Sony pirated something, doesn't mean it's corporate policy. There are a lot of people that work there, and obviously sooner or later one of them is going to do something they shouldn't. Just like anywhere else.[/citation]

[citation][nom]freggo[/nom]Grossly misleading and actually defamatory headline. If I was a Sony lawyer I'd send a cease and desist to THG; if not more.Come on, is the news that slow that you have to make up a knowingly false headline ?Or has the editor already left for the holidays and this stuff gets out there unchecked ?:-([/citation]


But remember, these are the guys that'll through an IP address in court and demand the person who's name is on the bill be tried, so really, under their standards, they did pirate this material.

 

[xophaser]

still no excuses for people to pirate movies themselves.

 

[justme1977]

Haha, the snake pit has been opened.
But now the question rises. If company's like Sony, Fox or NBC downloading copy-writhed material true bit-torrent, are the also uploading that material?
If that's the case we should ask ourself, do they hold the rights to the content they are uploading?
If so, I can foresee legal issue's. Let me explain, if a company shares there copy-writhed material trough bit-torrent, is downloading that material still illegal?

 

[jezus53]

[citation][nom]justme1977[/nom]Haha, the snake pit has been opened.But now the question rises. If company's like Sony, Fox or NBC downloading copy-writhed material true bit-torrent, are the also uploading that material? If that's the case we should ask ourself, do they hold the rights to the content they are uploading?If so, I can foresee legal issue's. Let me explain, if a company shares there copy-writhed material trough bit-torrent, is downloading that material still illegal?[/citation]


Imagine that, going to court and proving that one of the sources was from the company itself. That would be embarrassing for them.

 

[nikorr]

What goes around, comes around....

 

[eddieroolz]

The title gave me a good chuckle.

 

[Parrdacc]

OH YEAH! This has so made my week.

 

[Guest]

Gentlemen, they followed the phrase "If can't break them, join them." eh?

 

[wiyosaya]

Somehow, I'm not surprised.

 

[Guest]

Also, they can prevent this type of activity by blocking those ports and running software/hardware that shuts down P2P. They have the responsibility to do so and they didn't. Sounds like any further attempts to sue individuals should be thrown out.

 

[freggo]

[citation][nom]jezus53[/nom]But remember, these are the guys that'll through an IP address in court and demand the person who's name is on the bill be tried, so really, under their standards, they did pirate this material.[/citation]

Hehe, I see your argument. Nice one.
But ( and isn't there always a butt...), we all know that the legal system has 2 standards. One for you and me and one for Celebrities, Politicians and big Corporations. 🙂

 

[dark_lord69]

[citation][nom]freggo[/nom]Grossly misleading and actually defamatory headline. If I was a Sony lawyer I'd send a cease and desist to THG; if not more.Come on, is the news that slow that you have to make up a knowingly false headline ?Or has the editor already left for the holidays and this stuff gets out there unchecked ?:-([/citation]
Says the Sony employee.

 

[doorspawn]

There are enough legitimate complaints against Sony etc, adding illegitimate complaints only waters down the message.

Staff at companies frequently misuse the Internet, against their employer's wishes. If you looked at Ford, Intel, etc I'm sure you'd find the same.

 

[puddleglum]

I'm sure it's just their legal departments checking that the files really are the copyrighted movies the name says they are. Of course they have to capture and view the movie in it's entirety to be sure the entire movie was stolen. And, well, this is sort of like when members of Congress were found to be engaging in insider trading in the stock market. Yeah that's it, we're above the law so this is OK!!!

 

[jkflipflop98]

These aholes should be fined into financial ruin as they've done to so many people over the years. If "corporations are people, too!" then they deserve to have the book thrown at them and fines equaling at least 5x what they will ever make over the course of their life.

 

[jkflipflop98]

[citation][nom]doorspawn[/nom]There are enough legitimate complaints against Sony etc, adding illegitimate complaints only waters down the message.Staff at companies frequently misuse the Internet, against their employer's wishes. If you looked at Ford, Intel, etc I'm sure you'd find the same.[/citation]

I can tell you that people within Intel do not dare do anything like this on the company network. I know a guy last week that got canned because he had a torrent client on his tablet, and when he brought it to work it jacked into the wireless system and kept doing it's thing.

It took 3 hours from when he got there to when he was being escorted out the door.