Washington DC-based legal outfit US Copyright Group (USCG) is now finalizing hundreds of thousands of potential lawsuits against BitTorrent file-sharing users for upload “Hurt Locker” on the website.
However, many of the complaints, according to legal experts, would be much like the “John Doe” lawsuits of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which has sent out hundreds of thousands of letters to Internet Service Providers for them to identify the alleged file-sharers on such websites.
USCG, according to reports, has now taken the case to the court, asking the legal body to order the ISPs to identify the said John Does.
The reports also told that it would take the court at least two weeks before it can release a subpoena on the ISPs.
The Copyright Groups is also moving forward with more vigor and is now asking the court to identify not only those responsible for sharing “Hurt Locker” but also those who upload movies like “Far Cry,” “Steam Experiment,” and “Uncross the Stars.”
According to the anti-piracy group producers of “Hurt Locker” lost potential millions of dollars due to piracy acts of individuals on the Internet.
Hurt Locker is one of the biggest winners in the last Oscars Awards night, even winning the Best Picture Award. However, the movie has turned to be a box office flop with only $16 million in tickets sold.
But the owners, through the US Copyright Group, wanted to open up revenue streams by taking legal action for those who are responsible for the upload.
“We want to make up with the lost revenue by creating a revenue stream and monetizing the equivalent of an alternative distribution channel,” said US Rights Group lawyer Jeffrey Weaver.