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I'm sorry, it's okay because they use BitTorrent? wtf? As I recall, the company argue in court that a mere IP address is enough to proceed with a lawsuit. They already try to ruin lives, this is more of the same.
The defendant can't afford for them to go to court, additionally, it goes to discovery and names are revealed. Paying is cheaper and safer.
This is not a lawsuit, its extortion, but if it went to court, it definitely would be defeated by anti-SLAPP laws.
So the litigant is filling lawsuits against IP addresses or did they ask the ISP for the customers info? Not trying to take the side of "Big Porn" but I have a hard time defending something that's clearly against the law. By all means steal porn but get a VPN or something.
They have done both in the past. Source is Lawful Masses with Leonard French
They can fail to legally compel an ISP for customer info (or the individual paying for the service) because an IP address doesn't specifically link to one person. At best it links to a router, in a house with a single occupant who pays the ISP. That still doesn't guarantee the owner is the one who used the network at the time (could share internet with visiting guests, neighbors or be a victim of hacking). Often there are multiple people in the house, or it's an apartment, or it's freaking public access. An IP recorded from a file sharing protocol infers diddly squat but judges are not known for being adapt at computer literacy, an IP is sometimes enough for it to proceed.