Book publisher files mass BitTorrent lawsuit

mr ploppy · 11-01-2011, 06:43 AM

http://www.myce.com/news/book-publis...lawsuit-53951/

Rob Lister · 11-01-2011, 07:52 AM

That would make them First! First to fart into the hurricane.
The actual complaint...
http://torrentfreak.com/images/wiley-bittorrent.pdf
...indicates that they are, thus far, suing 27 John Doe IP addresses. Getting the account holder names behind those IP addresses will be trivial in most cases. Proving the account holder's are the actual culprits is going to be a little more tedious but they'll certainly make the John Doe's lives hell if nothing else.

mr ploppy · 11-01-2011, 09:32 AM

They should do a book called Dummy's Guide to Bittorrent. That one would be impossible to pirate, so they would make a mint.

Rob Lister · 11-01-2011, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr ploppy

They should do a book called Dummy's Guide to Bittorrent. That one would be impossible to pirate, so they would make a mint.

Zetmolm · 11-01-2011, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr ploppy

They should do a book called Dummy's Guide to Bittorrent. That one would be impossible to pirate, so they would make a mint.

They did: BitTorrent for Dummies

Pablo · 11-01-2011, 09:48 AM

To do it properly, they should make sure that the defendants are all single parents living on very modest incomes.
Amounts should be not less than $1.000.000 each, legal costs aside.

carld · 11-01-2011, 10:10 AM

The idea that the company lost "enormous" amounts of revenue on the books they say were pirated is ludicrous at best. It's just laughable, and I'm no big fan of piracy.

MrsJoseph · 11-01-2011, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by carld

The idea that the company lost "enormous" amounts of revenue on the books they say were pirated is ludicrous at best. It's just laughable, and I'm no big fan of piracy.

I can't see how they can claim to lose so much money without being able to say how much.

kennyc · 11-01-2011, 10:29 AM

OMG....

mr ploppy · 11-01-2011, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Zetmolm

They did: BitTorrent for Dummies

Well anyone who gets sued should use that as their defence then.

tubemonkey · 11-01-2011, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by carld

The idea that the company lost "enormous" amounts of revenue on the books they say were pirated is ludicrous at best. It's just laughable, and I'm no big fan of piracy.

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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph

I can't see how they can claim to lose so much money without being able to say how much.

Generally, folks who pirate aren't likely to purchase the product to begin with. They either pirate or do without.

Not to excuse piracy; but really, just what did this company lose?

din155 · 11-01-2011, 12:15 PM

The most hilarious part was:

Quote:

“Wiley is also concerned that these unauthorized electronic editions of its works may be of inferior quality to the original versions.”

As if they would drop some of the names from the lawsuit if it can be proved that unauthorized editions were of good or better quality.

cfrizz · 11-01-2011, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Generally, folks who pirate aren't likely to purchase the product to begin with. They either pirate or do without.

Not to excuse piracy; but really, just what did this company lose?

Didn't you read?

They don't know exactly, but the losses are ENORMOUS!

kennyc · 11-01-2011, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cfrizz

Didn't you read?

They don't know exactly, but the losses are ENORMOUS!

ENORMOUS

MrsJoseph · 11-01-2011, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

ENORMOUS

11-01-2011, 06:43 AM	#1
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11-01-2011, 07:52 AM	#2
Rob Lister Fanatic Posts: 532 Karma: 3293888 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Virginia Device: Nook Simple Touch	That would make them First! First to fart into the hurricane. The actual complaint... http://torrentfreak.com/images/wiley-bittorrent.pdf ...indicates that they are, thus far, suing 27 John Doe IP addresses. Getting the account holder names behind those IP addresses will be trivial in most cases. Proving the account holder's are the actual culprits is going to be a little more tedious but they'll certainly make the John Doe's lives hell if nothing else.

11-01-2011, 09:32 AM	#3
mr ploppy Feral Underclass Posts: 3,622 Karma: 26821535 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, tha noz Device: 2nd hand paperback	They should do a book called Dummy's Guide to Bittorrent. That one would be impossible to pirate, so they would make a mint.

11-01-2011, 09:48 AM	#6
Pablo Guru Posts: 970 Karma: 4999999 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Rosario, Argentina Device: SONY PRS-505, PRS-T2	To do it properly, they should make sure that the defendants are all single parents living on very modest incomes. Amounts should be not less than $1.000.000 each, legal costs aside.

11-01-2011, 10:10 AM	#7
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	The idea that the company lost "enormous" amounts of revenue on the books they say were pirated is ludicrous at best. It's just laughable, and I'm no big fan of piracy.

11-01-2011, 10:29 AM	#9
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	OMG....

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