Florida Judge Rules IP Address Can't Identify a BitTorrent Pirate

[DEAD7]

An anonymous reader writes "Florida District Court Judge Ursula Ungaro has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Malibu Media against an alleged BitTorrent pirate. Though Malibu Media explained how they geolocated the download site and verified that the IP address was residential rather than a public wifi hotspot, the judge reasoned that the 'Plaintiff has not shown how this geolocation software can establish the identity of the Defendant....Even if this IP address is located within a residence, the geolocation software cannot identify who has access to that residence's computer and who would actually be using it to infringe Plaintiff's copyright.' Judge Ungaro's ruling is not the first of its kind, but it could signal a growing legal trend whereby copyright lawsuits can no longer just hinge on the acquisition of an IP address."

 

[TRFG]

Only good thing that came out Florida's judicial system in years.

You know I always thought about what would happen if someone's grandmother left her wifi security off and everyone in the neighborhood took advantage of that to torrent copyrighted material who would foot the fines?

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

judge is a commie librul

 

[radio rahiem]

Cues bugs bunny sawing off Flor...oh wait

 

[tmonster]

 

[Serious]

 

[acri1]

If I ever get caught slipping, I can claim somebody was stealing my WiFi.

 

[methodz]

It's way too easy for anyone to steal your wifi signal, any good lawyer will get anyone from paying any fine when it comes to this.

 

[You Win Perfect]

lol nikkaz trynna hold the car back like superman

 

[ORDER_66]

And yet companies like comcast can see what your taking over their wifi network hitting you up with bullshyt copyright claims tho?

 

[无名的]

Just make sure ya disable or cover that webcam. Never know who is watching and for what reason.