Hotfile Sues Warner Bros. For Copyright Fraud and Abuse

[Ivan]

The Florida-based file-hosting service Hotfile has sued Warner Bros. for fraud and abuse. Hotfile accuses the movie studio of systematically abusing its anti-piracy tool by taking down hundreds of titles they don?t hold the copyrights to, including open source software. Among other things, Hotfile is looking for damages to compensate the company for the losses they suffered.

http://torrentfreak.com/hotfile-sues...-abuse-110913/

(finally filehost sues copyright owners, not the other way around)

Ivan Reviewed by Ivan on 13th Sep 2011. Hotfile Sues Warner Bros. For Copyright Fraud and Abuse http://torrentfreak.com/hotfile-sues-warner-bros-for-copyright-fraud-and-abuse-110913/ (finally filehost sues copyright owners, not the other way around=)) Rating: 5

[Jesse]

LOL good on them. Looks like they are just grasping at straws though.

[SuicidalMedia]

That's lame, a file host looking for justice.

[Sp32]

LOL, messed up world.

[Mindy]

The movie studios have too much control - for proof..see ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) announce the take down of several warez sites on the lot of Disney Studios...Operation in our Sites <--- dumb

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqGziXOPO2A[/ame]

[mRAza]

Good luck Hotfile.

[pi0tr3k]

Messed up world is that 3 mods replied in a row.

Anyways, they will lose ^^

Edit: 4 mods

[tmk]

Well they did what they said..

http://www.besthostingforums.com/showthread.php?t=94520

[Ivan]

Anyways, they will lose ^^

Actually they have quite high chances of winning. This is clear case of dmca false notice. Did you read any dmca you got sent to you? it's always something in lines of "I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material described above on the allegedly infringing web pages is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law." and "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.", meaning Warner bros was commiting Perjury on a mass scale, in order to receive financical gain (hotfile had a deal with few major labels, so that files taken down due to dmca get replaced with links to stores where one could purchase legally the file taken down).

Anyway, hotfile is dead for uploaders, and they have nothing to lose.

[tmk]

Messed up world is that 3 mods replied in a row.

Anyways, they will lose ^^

Edit: 4 mods

Well if you do have time Read that document on TorrentFreak from Page#14...Hotfile has a good case in their hands.