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January 23, 2012

Porn producers seek court help

Porn producers going after #copyright abuse in #court faced a setback Monday, and some sneaky Internet porn-watchers may be breathing a sigh of relief.

The producers or copyright holders of such movies as "Supergirl XXX: An Extreme Comixxx Parody" and "XXX Avengers," as well as others with more emphatically descriptive titles, know the Internet Protocol addresses of the alleged illegal downloaders. Now, they want subpoenas to compel the Internet Service Providers to provide the names of the people associated with those IP addresses.

In four related cases Monday, U.S. Magistrate Judge John Facciola seemed to step back from an earlier discovery ruling issued last year. Facciola stated that "has had an opportunity to reconsider the issue and has now concluded that such early, wide-ranging discovery is...not warranted." Now, Facciola says, he wants the companies to show why the D.C.-based court actually has jurisdiction over the computers involved.

 

 

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This is also almost related to patent infringement cases being filed by different companies. Copyright infringement is indeed covered by law, thus it is important to give the right justice to it. Illegal downloaders may infringe the copies and sell them in a much lower rates.

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