Anti torrent lawsuits making th news, seek to name infinging uploaders

[Bill]

This is good. Drag the fucking theives into the limelight.

http://thresq.hollywoodreporter.com/...one-viral.html

In the past few weeks, massive numbers of alleged anonymous copyright pirates have been sued. It seems one adult entertainment studio after another is filing complaints against John Doe defendants.

Just yesterday, for example, three more lawsuits were filed on behalf of three different companies -- Hard Drive Prods, Lightspeed Media and Millenium TGA. Each is suing 100 nameless defendants accused of stealing copyrighted audio-visual works. The litigation follows at least three other suits filed in the past two weeks, targeting hundreds of others, over content ranging from gay erotica to the cult classic "Debbie Does Dallas."

The lawsuits yesterday were filed in Illinois District Court by a single lawyer, John L. Steele of the Media Copyright Group based in Chicago. Steele has set up a website advertising a "cost-effective solution for reducing P2P-based content piracy."

Here's the lawsuit filed on behalf of Hard Drive Prods, owner of the website Amateur Allure. The complaint describes BitTorrent protocol, alleges unauthorized distribution by a swarm of individuals, and lists various IP addresses whose users "will be revealed in discovery, at which time Plaintiff will seek leave of the Court to amend this Complaint to state those identities, if necessary."
Steele isn't the only lawyer seemingly influenced