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posted by chromas on Tuesday September 18 2018, @03:33PM   Printer-friendly

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From Engadget:

It could soon prove expensive for media makers to chase online pirates in Canada. The country's Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that internet providers are entitled to "reasonable" compensation when asked to link pirates' IP addresses to customer details.

Voltage Pictures (the production firm behind The Hurt Locker) intended to sue roughly 55,000 customers of telecom giant Rogers for allegedly bootlegging movies, but balked when Rogers wanted to charge $100 per hour to comply with the requests for information. Rogers won the initial Federal Court case, but had to defend itself at the Supreme Court when Voltage appealed the case.

From TorrentFreak:

In a 9-0 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in Rogers' favor this week. The Internet provider is entitled to recover costs to link IP-addressed to customer details. Exactly how much will be determined in a future Federal Court hearing.


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday September 18 2018, @10:07PM (4 children)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday September 18 2018, @10:07PM (#736770)

    OK tough guy, what is the proper English definition of going to the toilet in a policeman's helmet then?

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday September 18 2018, @10:14PM (3 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 18 2018, @10:14PM (#736773) Journal

    Hint: it isn't stealing. While true that you stole his helmet, defacating in it is not stealing, nor is sending that helmet full of feces to his widow stealing. Stealing has a fairly narrow definition. You have to take something that isn't yours, that you don't pay for, and that you have no intention of returning.

    Personally, I make it a habit to return all the files I borrow. After making a copy of that file, I then read my own file.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday September 18 2018, @10:35PM

      by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday September 18 2018, @10:35PM (#736789)

      Well, that's me told then.

      Fancy not knowing the difference between stealing and pooping in a policeman's helmet. Silly me.

    • (Score: 2) by KiloByte on Wednesday September 19 2018, @10:11AM (1 child)

      by KiloByte (375) on Wednesday September 19 2018, @10:11AM (#736963)

      You forgot a very important bit: "with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it".

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      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday September 19 2018, @10:24AM

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday September 19 2018, @10:24AM (#736966) Journal

        And, that is an important bit. If I copy all of the files on your computer to my own device, you have been deprived of nothing, other than maybe privacy. Privacy, however, is an intangible, which has zero value to most people it seems, but almost infinite value when it has been violated.