This porn company makes millions by shaming porn consumers::Strike 3 Holdings says it’s the creator of ‘artistic’ and ‘inspiring’ pornography. Some judges call it a copyright troll that makes millions by threatening to out those who download its films.
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Important context missing from the headline and opening paragraph: they’re going after BitTorrent users.
The opening makes it sound like they’re threatening their own paying customers (or maybe people that just visit the site) with exposure unless they pay “hush money”.
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So the litigant is filling lawsuits against IP addresses or did they ask the ISP for the customers info? Not trying to take the side of “Big Porn” but I have a hard time defending something that’s clearly against the law. By all means steal porn but get a VPN or something.
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The defendant can’t afford for them to go to court, additionally, it goes to discovery and names are revealed. Paying is cheaper and safer.
This is not a lawsuit, its extortion, but if it went to court, it definitely would be defeated by anti-SLAPP laws.