Thousands of defendants escape BitTorrent lawsuit2010-12-07 09:56 by DanielaTags: BitTorrent
A huge file-sharing legal case has been slashed in size, with over 4,400 defendants being let off the hook. The US Copyright Group (USCG) originally cited 4,577 defendants who, it said, had illegally downloaded copies of the Achte/Neunte movie Far Cry. But three weeks ago District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer ruled that the defendants should be limited to those the court had jurisdiction over - in other words, only those defendants living in DC or with strong ties to the area. And with the publication of USCG's amended complaint today, that turns out to mean just 140 defendants, of whom only one - Adrienne Neal - is named. "The plaintiff's counsel, Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver (DGW), had tried to argue (unconvincingly, in my opinion) that, because torrent swarms involve individuals from multiple states, that an infringement suit can be brought against all alleged file-sharers in any state where a defendant resides," says Stewart Keller, the California attorney representing several of the defendants. Read more -here-
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