The magnanimous P2P lawsuit ever just got cut down to size . Voltage Pictures , the masses behind The Hurt Locker hasvoluntarily dismiss 90 % of the 24,583 filesharers it litigate this twelvemonth , in what could be a liberal victory for either side .
The whole rigmarole started last year , when The Hurt Locker ’s producers first decided to go ahead with the watershed suit . Together with the US Copyright Group , Voltage sued 14,583 people , drawing equivalence to those fun RIAA anti - piracy cause . The fig jumped to more than 24,000earlier this twelvemonth , and broke the record for most frivolous lawsuits register in the process .
https://gizmodo.com/hurt-locker-producers-take-up-arms-against-pirates-5537281
Now the suit is down to a little more than 2,300 suspect , though some have been named in the vitrine . It ’s just unreadable how many of the 24,000 - plus torrenters settled out of judicature . potential is still carrying on with the fount . presumptively because they ’re indisputable they can suck more money out of it . [ TorrentFreak ]
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