[Infowarrior] - Mass piracy lawsuits stopped on appeal

[Richard Forno]

Comcast, Verizon and Co. Stop Mass Piracy Lawsuits on Appeal

	• By Ernesto
	• on May 28, 2014

http://torrentfreak.com/comcast-verizon-co-stop-mass-piracy-lawsuits-appeal-140528/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner and Cox have successfully appealed a district court decision ordering them to reveal the identities of 1,058 subscribers accused of pirating movies via BitTorrent. The verdict is a significant blow for the extortion-like mass-lawsuits many copyright trolls have filed in recent years.

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All in all the ruling makes it clear that the copyright troll tactic of suing hundreds of individuals without showing that they are connected and living in the district they are being sued in, is a no go. While it doesn’t sent any strict rules on when a case is appropriate, and when not, it can be seen as a “crushing blow” for copyright trolls.

Most importantly is that the Internet providers, and the various groups that joined the case, have prevented worse. If the previous ruling would have held up copyright trolling would have been made much easier and more lucrative than it is today.


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