2500 BitTorrent Downloaders of 'The Hurt Locker' Face Lawsuit
Oscar-winning film - The Hurt Locker's movie studio Voltage pictures has filed a lawsuit against 2500 alleged BitTorrent downloaders of the movie in Florida last week .
Voltage pictures says that , all of those people downloaded "The Hurt Locker" illegally; as a result, it has lost millions of dollars in revenue.
One of the goal of the studio is to get a subpoena to reveal the sharers via their ISP addresses .
Previously in 2010 , the studio had filed a lawsuit against about 25000 alleged downloaders of the movie , which finally ended last December .
An undisclosed number of settlements were reached in this mega-case, but it's not known if it was financially worth it for the studio, according to TorrentFreak.
More than 250,000 people have been sued in the U.S , for illegal sharing and downloading via BTs , according to TorrentFreak .
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Oscar-winning film - The Hurt Locker's movie studio Voltage pictures has filed a lawsuit against 2500 alleged BitTorrent downloaders of the movie in Florida last week .
Voltage pictures says that , all of those people downloaded "The Hurt Locker" illegally; as a result, it has lost millions of dollars in revenue.
One of the goal of the studio is to get a subpoena to reveal the sharers via their ISP addresses .
Previously in 2010 , the studio had filed a lawsuit against about 25000 alleged downloaders of the movie , which finally ended last December .
An undisclosed number of settlements were reached in this mega-case, but it's not known if it was financially worth it for the studio, according to TorrentFreak.
More than 250,000 people have been sued in the U.S , for illegal sharing and downloading via BTs , according to TorrentFreak .
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