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'The Hurt Locker' Antipiracy Fight Continues
Lawyers for the producers of the Oscar winning film, “The Hurt Locker”, have continued their efforts to combat piracy. Specifically, the firm of Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver (“DGW”) has filed thousands of copyright complaints against alleged file sharers on behalf of independent filmmakers in the past year.
Facing significant hurdles at the Federal level, DGW commenced recruiting lawyers from at least twenty-three other U.S. states so that suits can be commenced at the local level.
Further issues relate to the delivering up of the identities of the file sharers. While DGW may be in possession of thousands of IP addresses, they require assistance from Internet Service Providers (“ISP”) to obtain the identity of the owners of those IP addresses. One of the ISP, Time Warner Cable, has already stated that it will only provide the identities of 28 subscribers per month. The inability to obtain true identities can greatly frustrate any possibility of enforcement. At this rate, DGW has stated that it would take five years to obtain the names of all file sharers.
Despite these issues, DGW seems optimistic and recently signed on another client, Nu Image Films, which made last year’s action movie "The Expendables".
For additional information, visit:
http://tinyurl.com/HurtLocker-Piracy