Voltage Picture, the producers of the film Hurt Locker, have retained the law firm of Dunlap, Grubb and Weaver to target 24,583 BitTorrent users who allegedly downloaded pirated copes of the film. BitTorrent offers software that allowws for peer-to-peer transfer of files, particularly videos and audio. However, users of this software who violate copyright laws may be liable. The way it usually works, in practice, is that the copyright owner asks / subpoenas the user’s ISP for the user’s IP address, then sends a “settlement offer” to the user. If the person does not “settle”, then the company may file a lawsuit in federal court. Many of these cases wind up being thrown out  for various reasons including lack of personal jurisdiction over the defendant. A list of the IP addresses cited in the law suit is shown below.

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