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aGameOfThrones
08-19-2014, 02:19 PM
We have discussed the stupidity of trolls on a number of different occasions. However, we are reaching new levels of just head-shaking stupidity.

Rightscorp is a company employed by a number of corporate organizations (such as Warner Music and BMG). Rightscorp then sends demand letters to ISP customers whom Rightscorp has determined are pirating material of their clients. The customers can either pay a fine (amount varies) or go to court and fight Rightscorp.

Rightscorp was in the news fairly recently when their CEO told TorrentFreak that he believed the DC Circuit Appeals court was not correct in their decision barring companies like Rightscorp from getting names of ISP customers until a lawsuit was filed and judicial review was completed.

Now, Rightscorp has a new strategy:

The company is now working with more than 140 Internet service providers. The company’s goal has long been to move away from the simple forwarding of e-mail notices and push the ISPs toward actually shutting off Web-browsing abilities until Rightscorp and its clients get paid. That was reiterated on an August 13 earnings call. The system should be less like a “piracy speeding ticket” and more like a “piracy wheel clamp,” explained company CEO Robert Steele. - ArsTechnica

Wait, what?

They want to disable a customer’s internet browsing until the customer pays a fine that Rightscorp has arbitrarily determined is correct? Add on that Rightscorp CEO believes that there should be no oversight over his actions and we have a company that wants to pick and choose a ransom price and stop a customers internet access until the ransom is paid.


http://www.androidauthority.com/copyright-troll-wants-control-web-browser-pirate-material-513092/

CPUd
08-19-2014, 02:22 PM
That won't work. People will just get another provider.

dannno
08-19-2014, 02:24 PM
It's funny how much money these companies are wasting trying to prevent piracy, it will lead to their destruction. I do feel sorry for the innocent people getting entrapped by them, though.

heavenlyboy34
08-19-2014, 03:14 PM
Too bad the pro-IP people haven't heeded the numerous warnings they've been given over the years.

DamianTV
08-19-2014, 03:40 PM
It's funny how much money these companies are wasting trying to prevent piracy, it will lead to their destruction. I do feel sorry for the innocent people getting entrapped by them, though.

Are you kidding? They dont want to stop piracy. Just as the DEA doesnt want to stop drugs. No, the DEA wants drugs everywhere because it keeps their employees in business by validating their existence through the total failure to win the "war on drugs". These guys are absolutely no different. If they want anything, they want more piracy. They also want people to be so scared of them that no one attempts to fight back. Thus, its a bully on a playground threatening to beat peoples asses if they dont hand over their lunch money. So what they offer is either "pay a fine" or "duke it out" and most people are going to be too scared to fight. And it shows exactly what they are really after, your money. They want piracy to exist so they can take money from whoever they point the finger at which validates their existence.

The DEA doesnt stop drugs.

The Cops dont stop crime.

Healthcare does not stop sickness.

Government does not stop wars.