Judge Understands BitTorrent, Kills Mass Piracy Lawsuits
Updated: 2014-01-30 18:55:05
In the U.S. roughly half a million people have been sued for sharing copyrighted files in recent years, but filing of mass-lawsuits is not getting easier. A federal judge in Iowa has just issued a key order which makes mass-BitTorrent piracy lawsuits virtually impossible. The judge ruled that copyright holders can't join multiple defendants in one suit, since there is no proof that they shared files with each other.Source: TorrentFreak, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing and VPN services.