IP address does not prove online piracy, says landmark US ruling

“A US federal judge wrote that a suspected internet pirate should not be prosecuted solely because his computer’s IP address was identified by a film studio. Copyright holders seeking to take offenders to court often put fake movie files online, record the hundreds or thousands of IP addresses that download it, and then provide that information to the courts in an attempt to identify and sue hapless users on the other side of the screen.  Washington District Judge Robert Lasnik said this week that the rationale begins with the assumption of guilt. Lasnik also said that there was no proof that the person who could wind up facing a lawsuit was in fact the person who chose to download ‘Elf Man’.”

http://rt.com/usa/ip-address-online-piracy-judge-990/

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