British woman fined £16k for P2P game sharing

InsaneNutter · 19-08-08, 16:50

A British woman has been fined over £16,000 for putting a game file on an online sharing network.

Topware Interactive won damages of £6,086.56 plus costs of £10,000 in this landmark case against the woman who shared a copy of its game, Dream Pinball 3D.

Three similar cases from game file sharers are currently pending in the UK courts.

Topware Interactive send out around 500 letters to UK citizens identified as sharing their game on P2P networks.

Thousands more are suspected.

"The damages and costs ordered by the Court are significant and should act as a deterrent," said David Gore, a partner at Topware's lawyers Davenport Lyons.

"Taking direct steps against infringers is an important and effective weapon in the battle against online piracy," added Gore , who claims that there are thousands of known suspected file-sharers that could now face legal action.

"This is the first of many."

Becky Hogge, director of the Open Rights Group told the BBC: "An open court process with a full report is certainly preferable to justice of the type being mooted by the government on P2P, where activity takes place behind closed doors through industry action."

"In relation to the orders for release of personal data, it is important that court processes do not become rubberstamps for industry action but retain judicial safeguards and independence," said Ms Hogge.

Source

Nimrod · 19-08-08, 18:45

She got owned... Perhaps she shouldn't have shared the game... Wonder if she paid for it in the first place then shared it?

MunkyMagikUK · 19-08-08, 19:07

She got owned even more than this guy:

Mr Original · 19-08-08, 20:43

I would like to know how she got caught.

They must of got her ISP to give up her IP address, not good.

Link doesn't see to be working, alt one here

InsaneNutter · 19-08-08, 21:22

They most likley asked their ISP and if they didn't give them the details they would've got a court order so they had to!

Apparently the game was really bad, one way to make money... create a quick game and sew people for downloading it

. I might have to try it my self hehe.

Mr Original · 20-08-08, 22:14

LOL indeed, its similar to "copyright infringement".

If you look on torrent sites it's all over the place. I was tempted to download it just to prove a point!

BSmith · 22-08-08, 10:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by InsaneNutter

Aparently the game was really bad, one way to make money... create a quick game and sew people for downloading it

I might have to try it my self hehe

Bloody hell, they're sewing people together now? That's got to be painful.

daarkside · 25-08-08, 05:48

The whole world shares games, some get caught from time to time.
The media makes a big horror story out of it, they (publishers) try to scare the leechers because the know they are not able to catch even 0.0000001% of them.

Gekkeloko · 25-08-08, 13:24

She just got pinballed !

Safinn · 28-08-08, 12:03

Not a good game anyway lol.

19-08-08, 16:50	#1
InsaneNutter Resident Nutter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Huddersfield, UK Posts: 1,062	British woman fined £16k for P2P game sharing A British woman has been fined over £16,000 for putting a game file on an online sharing network. Topware Interactive won damages of £6,086.56 plus costs of £10,000 in this landmark case against the woman who shared a copy of its game, Dream Pinball 3D. Three similar cases from game file sharers are currently pending in the UK courts. Topware Interactive send out around 500 letters to UK citizens identified as sharing their game on P2P networks. Thousands more are suspected. "The damages and costs ordered by the Court are significant and should act as a deterrent," said David Gore, a partner at Topware's lawyers Davenport Lyons. "Taking direct steps against infringers is an important and effective weapon in the battle against online piracy," added Gore , who claims that there are thousands of known suspected file-sharers that could now face legal action. "This is the first of many." Becky Hogge, director of the Open Rights Group told the BBC: "An open court process with a full report is certainly preferable to justice of the type being mooted by the government on P2P, where activity takes place behind closed doors through industry action." "In relation to the orders for release of personal data, it is important that court processes do not become rubberstamps for industry action but retain judicial safeguards and independence," said Ms Hogge. Source __________________ Email Me InsaneNutter.com Digiex Image Upload Last edited by Trebor; 01-09-08 at 15:03.

19-08-08, 18:45	#2
Nimrod Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London, United Kingdom Posts: 401 Xbox Live Ranking: 33^rd	She got owned... Perhaps she shouldn't have shared the game... Wonder if she paid for it in the first place then shared it? __________________ Digiex \| Email \| Private Message Digiex.net - 300,000 page hits to over 100,000 unique visitors every month as well as pushing out over 6 tb (terabytes) every month. Why aren't you with us? Last edited by Trebor; 01-09-08 at 15:03.

19-08-08, 19:07	#3
MunkyMagikUK Digiex Blogger Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Huddersfield, UK Posts: 150 Xbox Live Ranking: 29^th	She got owned even more than this guy: __________________

19-08-08, 20:43	#4
Mr Original Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 60	I would like to know how she got caught. They must of got her ISP to give up her IP address, not good. Link doesn't see to be working, alt one here __________________

19-08-08, 21:22	#5
InsaneNutter Resident Nutter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Huddersfield, UK Posts: 1,062	They most likley asked their ISP and if they didn't give them the details they would've got a court order so they had to! Apparently the game was really bad, one way to make money... create a quick game and sew people for downloading it . I might have to try it my self hehe. __________________ Email Me InsaneNutter.com Digiex Image Upload Last edited by Trebor; 01-09-08 at 15:04.

20-08-08, 22:14	#6
Mr Original Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 60	LOL indeed, its similar to "copyright infringement". If you look on torrent sites it's all over the place. I was tempted to download it just to prove a point! __________________ Last edited by Trebor; 01-09-08 at 15:05.

25-08-08, 05:48	#8
daarkside Trainee Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 12	The whole world shares games, some get caught from time to time. The media makes a big horror story out of it, they (publishers) try to scare the leechers because the know they are not able to catch even 0.0000001% of them. Last edited by Trebor; 01-09-08 at 15:05.

25-08-08, 13:24	#9
Gekkeloko Interested Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Netherlands Posts: 9 Xbox Live Ranking: 16^th	She just got pinballed !

28-08-08, 12:03	#10
Safinn Digiex Graphics Man Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: United Kngdom Posts: 369 Xbox Live Ranking: 39^th	Not a good game anyway lol.

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