New Twist In Porn Piracy Wars: "You Can't Copyright Porn???"

[Anthony_JK]

Well...doesn't this put a hammer to the gears this morning:

You Can’t Copyright Porn, Harassed BitTorrent Defendant Insists -- TorrentFREAK

Apparently, the "poor defendant" was busted for downloading a video via bit torrent, and the company threatened to sue her for $150K, but said they would settle for $3,400 to avoid legal action.

There are other controversies about this particular case...but the punchline here is that the defendant is claiming that because California law does not give copyright protection to works that aren't deemed "artful" and "obscenity" is not considered art under the Miller Test standards, then porn, which she declares as "obscenity", is not art and therefore not applicable for copyright protection.

Personally, I think this is BS (and said so in a submitted comment to that article), since porn in Cali is protected speech since the Freeman ruling, thusly very much copyrightable.

I also think that the plaintiffs in this case (Hard Drive Productions) are being a bunch of greedheads in intimidating this woman rather than going after the companies that enable the piracy.

But, this case definitely bares watching.


Anthony

[stickyvicky]

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/22287318 ... 6098883001

Big Wall Street firms investing in stolen porn - mike south reported on this 2 months ago - mainstream media finally onto it now...

[dave45]

Sounds to me like it is protected but no one wants to do anything about it. It's BS to go after one and not another.


Dave

[Fikachu]

I have to call shenanigans on this "you can't copyright porn" statement

Saying "you can't copyright porn" is like saying "porn shouldn't have equal protection under copyright laws"

[Fikachu]

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/22287318 ... 6098883001

Big Wall Street firms investing in stolen porn - mike south reported on this 2 months ago - mainstream media finally onto it now...

This is the same Wall Street that has been doing illegal economic activity inside and outside the USA for a while so this isn't too surprising for me

[stickyvicky]

http://www.xbiz.com/news/169931
Woo hoo! Go Brits! Ya baby!

[JAMIE189227]

http://www.xbiz.com/news/169931
Woo hoo! Go Brits! Ya baby!

I didn't know about this Vicky, wasn't on any of the mainstream news channels or in the newspapers so thanks for bringing it to my attention :). Well I'm glad to know that the authorities in my country have started to pull their finger out and take action. Hopefully Britain will start a major operation globally where other countries follow our lead and take down these torrent sites :).

[stickyvicky]

Woot woot! One for the good guys!
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/s ... lware-ops/