By now, US torrent users are used to the nagging worry that a copyright holder could seek damages against them. Now these mass lawsuits appear to be making the journey to Canada, where Voltage pictures is seeking the identities of users they claim have pirated the film Hurt Locker. Major ISPs have been subpoenaed, but the number of defendants is not yet available.
Back in early 2010, Voltage Pictures, the makers of the Oscar-winning film Hurt Locker, began suing to uncover the people behind thousands of IP addresses. Voltage Pictures contends that these IPs were spotted downloading the film via torrents. In most cases, judges granted the subpoenas and ISPs had to divulge customer details. Instead of suing outright, Voltage had its legal counsel extract settlements from the defendants.
Now the same scheme is playing out up north. A court in Montreal gave the thumbs up to Voltage and its legal counsel two weeks ago. Today is the deadline for three Canadian ISPs to hand over the records. It’s unclear if the same settlement shakedown is going to happen in Canada, but we have to imagine it will.
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