Odex download amnesty
p2pnet news | Product News:- “Anime distributor Odex has been demanding the names of up to 1,000 PacNet users who allegedly downloaded pirated versions of the Japanese cartoons,” p2pnet reported late last month, going on Pacific Internet (PacNet) said it, “respects the rights of intellectual property owners and at the same time, also believes in protecting the privacy of all our subscribers”.
In other words, it wasn’t planning on handing over any lists.
Now company director Stephen Sing says he won’t take action against anyone who immediately stops downloading.
Presumably, then, people who keep it up will incur not only Sing’s wrath, but will also risk having US-based sentry company BayTSP on their cases.
Odex hired the online scalp hunter in 2006, “to provide Odex with a software solution that would track and record instances of unauthorised downloading of anime titles over the internet,” said our initial story.
If a Net user complies with Sing’s demands, “he will have no possibility of ever receiving any letters from the copyright holders as we will not take anything that he has downloaded before this date against him,” says the Star Online, going on:
Since May, Odex, the region’s biggest distributor of Japanese animated shows, has sent out letters to several hundred alleged downloaders demanding settlement sums of S$3,000 to S$5,000 (RM6,800 to RM11,300), on threat of legal action.
The Straits Times understands that Odex has already sent letters to alleged anime downloaders using the Internet service provider SingNet. It earlier obtained contact details of these users.
It has obtained a court order to get the names of alleged downloaders from StarHub, but has yet to receive any names.
On Monday, Odex filed an application to appeal a court decision blocking its attempt to obtain the details of Pacific Internet (PacNet) downloaders.
Meanwhile, “the firm has been criticised online over issues such as alleged profiteering,” says the Star Online, adding:
“Others fear a successful crackdown on pirated anime would lead to similar crackdowns on other media.”
Also See:
p2pnet – Odex can’t get PacNet names, August 28, 2007
Star Online – Extending olive branch to downloaders, September 9, 2007
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September 11th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Looks like a movie studio is trying the same tactic right here in the good old USofA:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070911/latu041.html?.v=101
Go ahead send me a bill Mutha Fuckas! The checks in the mail. LOL