Mass Piracy Lawsuits Come To Australia 183
daria42 writes "Remember when the RIAA started sending tens of thousands of letters to Americans who it had alleged had infringed copyright online, trying to get them all to settle out of court? Yeah, good times. Well that style of mass-lawsuit has now arrived in Australia, courtesy of a new company which dubs itself the 'Movie Rights Group.' The company is currently seeking to obtain details of at least 9,000 Australians it alleges has infringed copyright on one film, and it has a number of other films in the pipeline. Sounds like a good time to know an IP lawyer."
Hmmmm.... (Score:4, Insightful)
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Arrr! (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Hmmmm.... (Score:1, Insightful)
Thanks for putting that * in the phrase "fucked up". I'd be extraordinarily offended if it weren't for that little *. Since you put that * in place of the u, it makes it really hard to determine that you swore.
Re:As an Australian and an Author... (Score:4, Insightful)
+1, insightful
Time = money works only to a certain extend, but is still a good rule of thumb. I have used it for a long time to decide whether something was worth my money.
The only exceptions I remember at the moment are DVDs and CDs that I cannot copy on my computer or (as in the case of some music CDs) that I cannot play on my computer. Or that have horribly long and annoying unskippable advertising and threats when played.Bad usability is a mood-killer and far more expensive than the time it consumes. So is insulting the customer on video.
I do have to admit that I did not get the music I could not play from the net. I just dropped the artists entirely.
I do something else some people may consider "criminal" or "amoral": Whenever ads on web-pages are animated or otherwise annoying, they go into my ad-blocker.