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Canadian Hurt Locker Lawsuits Withdrawn

March 30, 2012

New records indicate that the file sharing lawsuits in Quebec against individuals downloading the Hurt Locker have been withdrawn. The cases attracted wide attention last year after the Federal Court ordered several ISPs to disclose the identities of alleged infringers.

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Danux says:
March 30, 2012 at 10:14 pm

ALl we can do is speculate
Not a lot of detail there. I see they were granted an extension on Dec 28, to acquire more evidence/defendants, due on Mar 02/2012. The Court received a letter from their lawyer(s) Mar 05/2012 (dated Mar 02) for what is apparently them waiting for “Voltage Pictures” to yield instruction, then the case was dumped on the 28th.
Maybe not enough filesharers to warrant the legal expenditure?
Perhaps they didn’t want to take a chance that they would not be compensated like American courts?
Does the NDP have any influence on the court system in Quebec, these days?
Maybe the bigger fish aren’t allowing Voltage set the pace. There seems to be a much more conducive set of laws steaming in over the horizon.
end user says:
March 31, 2012 at 8:40 pm

So not enough amo to be able to send it those extortion notices. Pay $3000 or see you in court.
Joel says:
April 1, 2012 at 6:41 pm

Proof
It could also potentially demonstrate that current laws are adequate and that the inflated MPAA requests for the new c11 are un-necessary. Can these lawsuites be re-submitted at a later date?
Crockett says:
April 3, 2012 at 4:53 pm

Careful, this could happen here 😀
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/04/judge-tosses-p2p-lawsuits-because-attorney-was-practicing-without-a-licence.ars?comments=1&p=22724346#comment-22724346

Yes, it must be hard to find lawyers willing to give the shaft to so many. Honestly, how could any self respecting lawyer bare to have this soil his reputation, it certainly would not be the climax of his career. I would recommend any lawyer currently involved in such activity to withdraw immediately.
BillG says:
April 5, 2012 at 9:12 pm

Good news but damage done
Nothing but extortion in the first place.
Joe 6 Pack says:
April 29, 2012 at 2:56 am

Voltage is at it again in the US
And they’re using IP’s collected in 2010…things that make you go hummm….

http://torrentfreak.com/hurt-locker-makers-return-to-sue-2514-bittorrent-users-120423/