Over 200,000 BitTorrent users sued for file sharing in the U.S.

They need to lobby harder.

Peeps that can pay should pay! peeps that cant=Torrent. HACK THE PLANET!!!

My new motto.

"This is our world now. The world of the electron and the switch; the beauty of the baud. We exist without nationality, skin color, or religious bias. You wage wars, murder, cheat, lie to us and try to make us believe it's for our own good, yet we're the criminals. Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto. You may stop me, but you can't stop us all."

Well said!!! gwailo247

If I was sleeping with a c. 1995 Angelina Jolie I'd say that with a straight face.

"Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity"
lol hacking for some is more fun than a tornado in trailer park....but as they say curiosity killed the cat.

But cats have claws eh?

"straight face" in this Omniverse!!! i like that!

We rail against the crooks in Washington and business, but we are also the crooks.
When you steal other peoples property, that is called theft.

I would love to see a TechSpot guide on protecting yourself from being the victim of one of these suits. I know there are precautions that can be taken - using BTguard and such - but a full, comprehensive write-up by one of the talented and knowledgeable writing staff here at TS would be amazing.

Win.

"...in the US"

Yeah baby.

"Pay up, or else"

Sounds like a huge extortion racket to me.

I don't file share.

But I really hope they accuse me of it.

I'll end up with the same huge unearned jackpot these lawyers are reaping....and I'll get it from them.

Just bring out the guillotine. Piracy will be much less, once heads start to roll ha ha.

I would love to see the cost/return numbers for those figures.

Dont be intimidated by idle threats.

I really don't think it would be in Tech Spot's best interest to show you how to download copyrighted material and get away with it. Good news however that there is a nearly 100% proven way* not to be hit with one of these lawsuits -

Step 1: Don't illegally download copyrighted material.
Step 2: Repeat Step 1

*provided of course you have a secure WIFI. Your ******* neighbor could be downloading Dutch gardening bondage videos off your connection.

Really, this is to be expected. I think it was somewhere on these very forums that I predicted this very action from the entertainment industry. Sad and pathetic losers under the umbrella of internet anonymity espousing the virtues of outright theft. Such bravado. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Not a one of you "Hack The Planet" goof balls would have the gumption to walk out of a Wal-Mart with a video game or a movie in your pocket and it's the same thing when copyrighted materials are distributed over the web. It's theft people.
I say good for the entertainment industry. Although I disagree with their attempt to extort rather than outright sue, it's a step in the right direction. Something for nothing truly does not exist in Nature.

Get a VPN