[Infowarrior] - Hurt Locker File Sharing Lawsuit Lists Hockey Stadium IP Address

[Richard Forno]

(I'm reminded of how the Blues Brothers listed Wrigley Field as their home address on their DMV records.  Life imitating art?  -- rick)

Hurt Locker File Sharing Lawsuit Lists Hockey Stadium IP Address

from the those-canadians-and-their-hockey dept

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110928/02302616122/hurt-locker-file-sharing-lawsuit-lists-hockey-stadium-ip-address.shtml

It's a bit of a stereotype that Canadians love their hockey. But do they love it so much that they file share while attending hockey games? Recently, the movie studio Voltage Pictures decided to extend its braindead, shortsighted, shakedown of those it accuses (on weak evidence) of file sharing its movie, The Hurt Locker, to Canada. Voltage hired a law firm to go to court and identify who was behind 29 IP addresses. Of course, some individuals did a little investigating on the IP addresses and, as noted by Michael Geist, have apparently fingered one of the culprits: the Bell Centre in Montreal, better known as the home of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team. I'm guessing Voltage will just drop that IP address from the lawsuit, but it's another reminder that an IP address is not very useful evidence, in some cases. And, of course, anyone involved with the lawsuit could have checked the IP address themselves and realized what it resolved to -- providing yet more evidence that the folks filing these lawsuits aren't particularly clued in on the technology they're suing over.
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