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IP address does not prove online piracy, US judge says in landmark ruling
A US federal judge in Washington wrote that a suspected internet pirate should not be prosecuted solely because his computer's IP address was identified by a film studio. The landmark opinion may tip the fortunes of defendants in similar situations.
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This just means that cops will seek and get a warrant to kick your door in just to catch you in the act of downloading torrents. Even if that's not really their intended purpose.
Stop giving them ideas damn it.
This would be way too resource intensive, and would mean that every case would have to go to trial in order for it to provide fruitful. The anti-piracy lobbies and film studios would rather blanket bomb file sharers by sending out mass notices for the sole purpose of scaring people into paying hefty sums of money to settle. Kicking doors down and prosecuting file shares this way does not make business sense, and will not be a scenario.
I keep looking for another source for this story... and I haven't found one. So, while I wish this were true, I'm afraid it's not. :-\
Good, finally a judge with some sense.
Yeah right. The judge probably had no clue what everyone was saying and just flipped a coin on the decision.