Wednesday, 1. November 2006
Topic: COPYRIGHT - on November 1, 2006 at 5:56:00 PM CET
MPAA: If You Sue People, Make Sure you OWN the Copyright!
Shawn Hogan has received plenty of attention in the last year for his decision to fight the MPAA over the lawsuit they filed against him, claiming he had shared the movie Meet the Fockers via a file sharing program. The problem? Hogan didn't actually share the movie, has never downloaded it, and actually owns the DVD of the movie in question. The MPAA made it clear that if he just paid them $2,500, they would forget the whole thing -- which certainly has the feel of extortion.
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