That Shawn Hogan deserves a medal
According to an article in Wired Shawn Hogan, CEO of Digital Point Solutions, has been hit with lawsuit for downloading "Meet the Fockers" illegally via a torrent site.
They wanted him to settle for $2500 out of court, but he's decided to fight back, as he claims he already owned the DVD.
These kind of cases have sprung up all over the US as the MPAA has not found a person they couldn't strong arm (as seen by them never actually going to court). Well conveniently enough they've now picked on someone with a hefty bank balance who's tired of their shenanigans.
Hogan is looking to bring them to court, as he believes this whole matter is ridiculous and they are "abusing the system", despite the fact that the legal proceedings will most likely cost him somewhere in the range of $100,000.
Mr. Hogan, you get my thumbs up here, I'd love to fight the good fight, but unfortunately nowadays most people don't have the financial backing to do so. Ideals of Robin Hood are wonderful, but he lived in a simpler time, when money didn't bring the ebb and flow of the tides like we do now. So all of us internet junkies have been waiting for someone with a spare Scrooge Mc'Duck money pool to decide to say, "Screw this, you guys are being a bitch", to organizations like the MPAA.
Thanks man, good luck, godspeed, and we'll be watching.
Wired Article Here
\\drew
They wanted him to settle for $2500 out of court, but he's decided to fight back, as he claims he already owned the DVD.
These kind of cases have sprung up all over the US as the MPAA has not found a person they couldn't strong arm (as seen by them never actually going to court). Well conveniently enough they've now picked on someone with a hefty bank balance who's tired of their shenanigans.
Hogan is looking to bring them to court, as he believes this whole matter is ridiculous and they are "abusing the system", despite the fact that the legal proceedings will most likely cost him somewhere in the range of $100,000.
Mr. Hogan, you get my thumbs up here, I'd love to fight the good fight, but unfortunately nowadays most people don't have the financial backing to do so. Ideals of Robin Hood are wonderful, but he lived in a simpler time, when money didn't bring the ebb and flow of the tides like we do now. So all of us internet junkies have been waiting for someone with a spare Scrooge Mc'Duck money pool to decide to say, "Screw this, you guys are being a bitch", to organizations like the MPAA.
Thanks man, good luck, godspeed, and we'll be watching.
Wired Article Here
\\drew
posted by Drew at 9:26 AM
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