20th Century Fox Sues ‘Impatient’ Homeland Pirates

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[url="http://torrentfreak.com/images/homeland1.jpg"][img]http://torrentfreak.com/images/homeland1.jpg[/img][/url]German Internet subscribers can be held liable for almost everything that goes on via their connections, with or without their knowledge.

As a result, copyright holders have started hundreds of thousands of lawsuits against alleged pirates, demanding settlements ranging from a few hundred to thousands of euros.

In Germany these “trolling” ventures have attracted the attention of the major Hollywood studios. 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros Entertainment are actively patrolling the Internet for people who download their work without permission.

The studios use similar monitoring tools as they do in the United States, where file-sharers are approached outside of court with [url="http://torrentfreak.com/six-strikes-anti-piracy-scheme-starts-130225/"]a slap on the wrist[/url] or [url="https://torrentfreak.com/warner-bros-were-fining-file-sharers-who-use-non-six-strike-isps-130607/"]a $20 fine[/url]. In Germany, however, the stakes are much higher.

For example, 20th Century Fox is sending alleged file-sharers a 726 euro ($980) bill for downloading a single episode of the TV-series Homeland. For several months the Hollywood studio has been tracking unauthorized downloads of Homeland’s second season, which has yet to air in Germany.





[b]20th Century Fox settlements letter[/b]


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