Court tells movie rightsholders to pay $442,000 for details of suspected illegal downloaders
Aug14
The ridiculous cat and mouse game between illegal downloaders and Hollywood’s film industry is a long-running battle that has previously seen rights holders send out letters to thousands of suspected downloaders in the hope that they can extract some cash relatively cheaply and painlessly. Unfortunately for companies behind the 2013 movie the Dallas Buyer’s Club, an Australian court has dealt it a significant blow in its desire to contact more than 4,000 suspected illegal downloaders in Australia, according to the BBC. Dallas Buyers Club LLC (DBC) had requested user details associated with some 4,700 unique IP addresses so that it could contact…
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