HongKong BitTorrent User 'Guilty Of Movie Piracy'

[Darren Dirt]

DIY News writes "A Hong Kong man has been convicted of movie internet piracy in what is believed to be the first case involving BitTorrent file-sharing software. The man was found guilty of copyright infringement for distributing three Hollywood blockbusters using BitTorrent."



http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/25/1433258



LOL @ "Mr. Cancelled (572486)" (Tuesday October 25, @11:46AM)

We've all seen enough of these types of stories here on /. to know what to expect in the discussion thread. Allow me to sum up about 75% of the inevitable replies:

-Good! Pirates deserve to be punished for stealing others works

-Pirating is copyright infringement - Not stealing

-I can't believe the hypocrisy of Slashdot readers who find it ok to steal music and movies, but who find infringements from the likes of Sco and Microsoft to be wrong

-It's people like this who are causing movie ticket prices to be so high

-If they'd make better movies, then more people would go to see them in the big theatre, and not prefer to watch them at home

-Why are people who commit copyright infringement given sentences equal to, or often more than those given to violent offenders? One's clearly a crime, while the others merely a misdemeanor

-Come on and get me MPAA/RIAA - I've got the guts to fight you! I'm going to keep sharing stuff just to piss you off. Muwahahahaha

And so on...

[Darren Dirt]

"Sharing Is Caring" - Ah, so the problem starts in Kindergarten!



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