Millenium Films Sues 10 Million Expendables 3 Downloaders

[Greenback]

There is no money in prosecuting uploaders, by far not enough to cancel out the damages.
The whole 'downloaders didn't know the files were illegally acquired' shit is a legal loophole which should have been closed ages ago. That's like a group going to a store, one guy trashes the window, steals the stuff in the store and then gives it to the people waiting outside and then claiming that only the dude who broke the window committed a crime while the others 'didn't know he didn't have the right to do that' and are therefore innocent and can keep their stuff.

If you look on most torrent sites the same uploaders start the torrents, which would suggest going after them would be the priority. Far less of them and no money in it which would suggest that the company doesn't care about piracy only how many they can get money out of, or they gave the person the file to upload in which case they have permission to distribute and those downloading aren't committing any crime.

The simple answer is to get the main uploaders out and you will stop piracy if the example of the main uploader is severe enough to discourage others taking their place

 

[Kushiro]

Well even with that, new up-loaders will just become more cautious, considering all the new things being released for the sake of 'freedom' or 'privacy', it will be quite a lot easier. Besides I highly doubt the up-loaders that upload illegal content wouldnt be using some 3rd party or at least a VPN or a few to avoid danger.

Even something like a global anti piracy campaign etc would have trouble catching/stopping these up-loaders.

Oh and take a look at the backlash the US received, either way, unless the internet is strictly monitored with protocals put in place, would be hard to stop uploading of illegal content, but then we have those that will advertise freedom as if it has been stolen just to get what they want.