NHL team accused of pirating the Hurt Locker

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NHL’s Montreal Canadiens Accused of Pirating The Hurt Locker

• enigmax
• September 28, 2011
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Last month it became clear that having developed their pay-up-or-else file-sharing settlement scheme in the United States, the makers of the Hurt Locker had moved north. In their new phase of targeting Canadian IP addresses for cash settlements, Voltage Pictures have included an interesting target in their latest batch – the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.

Since last year, Voltage Pictures, the makers of Hurt Locker, have been working with the Dunlap, Grubb and Weaver law firm (better known as the U.S. Copyright Group) to target Internet users who allegedly shared their Oscar-winning movie online.
Give us thousands of dollars in settlement, they say, and we won’t ruin your life with an expensive lawsuit.
Last month Voltage exported their scheme north to Canada and through the Federal Court in Montreal the obtained an order which forced three Canadian ISPs – Bell Canada, Cogeco Cable Inc. and Videotron GP – to hand over the personal details of subscribers Voltage claim infringed their copyrights.
Following a review of the IP addresses provided to the first ISP, Bell Canada (shown below), an eyebrow-raising nugget of information has come to light.
The third IP on the list – 207.61.47.217 – looks much like any other. It is accused of sharing the movie using uTorrent v2.2.1.0 on May 4th 2011, and in itself that is nothing unusual. But further investigation shows that this particular IP address has a rather famous owner.
As shown here, not only is the IP provided by Bell Canada it can also be traced back to the Bell Centre. That’s because it’s operated by none other than the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.
The big question now is whether Goudreau Gage Dubuc LLP, the law firm hired by Voltage to carry out their Canadian shakedown, will send their usual settlement demands to Montreal Canadiens. If they do, this could get very interesting indeed.
It is highly likely that many individuals are able to obtain Internet access via 217.canadiens.com, the domain from which the infringement was allegedly logged. The problematic issue of pinning an infringement to an individual on a multiple access IP was highlighted perfectly in the Swedish Film Ins ute case recently. Furthermore, Montreal Canadiens have very, very deep pockets and lawyers on tap.
Hockey fans and opponents of these copyright shakedowns will be hoping that this particular Hurt Locker timebomb is dealt with by Canadiens via a boarding or their enforcer, rather than being subjected to an empty net goal, as Voltage might prefer.
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Guest 1 day ago

this'll be the only time i cheer for the habs!!!

[CubanSucks]

I wouldn't even think to waste a perfectly good disc or the time it takes to download, convert, and burn on such an average movie like The Hurt Locker

[BRHornet45]

Sons I hate that stupid, overrated, made for TV-like movie. You could see the same caliber of movies like The Hurt Locker at anytime of the day by putting your TV on the lifetime channel or the USA Network and watching their own studio movies.

[Bill_Brasky]

Not a fan of this movie. Was promised action and got boring instead.

[Cane]

The movie wasn't that great and its gotten way too much attention. Imo it only won awards due to the politics behind it (female director thats Cameron's ex and it being a low budget modern war movie versus big hollywood).

But them trying to sue a NHL team is worth it all. Or not.

First world problems

[CubanSucks]

I guarantee you these ing Jew producers think they're sending a strong message to the average Joe who downloads all the time...well actually probably not, this is just a quick, clean, and easy way to get some money




I would just love to flash this right in front of them

[mojorizen7]

I wouldn't even think to waste a perfectly good disc or the time it takes to download, convert, and burn on such an average movie like The Hurt Locker

Amen.
I'd argue that it isnt even average...
Its a melodramatic and incredibly pretentious film IMO.
I felt like i was watching Big Brother in Iraq.