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Pay or else piracy sue. The Aftermath.

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boon2537
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States905 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-27 04:00:55
August 31 2011 19:37 GMT
#1
After I came back to the U.S. for a few days, my aunt handed me a letter, stating that she would get sued if she does not pay $3400 settlement to the copyright suing company for my pirated porn. Needless to say, I was shocked. Who would have thought that the lighting would hit them ? I immediately asked TL for advice in my previous blog. Many kind individual and even a few lawyers gave me somewhat comforting advices, building a shaking beacon of hope ( I <3 this community ) It fell shortly, though. My aunt with the help of her lawyer friend discovered that the company already subpoena her identity, thwarting the motion to quash process, and we are among the small pool of victims, so the risk of getting sued if we don't pay the money is quite high. In the end, she decided to pay them (with my parents money, of course). Unfortunately, the story did not end here; its snowball effect's just begun

"Trust is like a paper; when it's crushed, it'll never be perfect again", in my case the paper is burned. My aunt is a strict and law abiding person, so piracy is a big no-no for her. A few days after the incident, she had my computer formatted (and while it was at the shop, Best Buy -_-, she had the tech guy look into my computer, disregarding my privacy, and discovered my porn, movies, and music stash. I naively thought that they would just format my hard drive, so I didn't bother to delete everything but I digress.. ), moved my computer down stair, took away my administrator title, and installed various monitoring programs. She basically took a letter P out of PC. I'm not criticizing or complaining. I bite my teeth and accept the ridiculous consequences of my action. However, out of frustration and curiosity, I foolishly googled "administrator bypass" ( I need someone to type the password whenever I want to install ANYTHING) and got caught by the perfect monitoring program which made the mater even worse. Some good things came out of this, though. Now, I can study for the ACT and do college search without any distraction, and finally fix my sleep schedule .

I also learn so many valuable lessons.
1. A working relationship needs trust, and people with different standard can't comfortably live in the same house unless a person steps down. (My aunt even threaten me that if I fuck up again, she's gonna kick me out f her house . Man, I will probably live alone in the future. It's way simpler that way...)
2. Think before you act. (so generic >.<)
3. Pirate responsibly. Learn how to use peerblock and don't torrent porn.
Still, I can't promise I will stop pirating after I leave my aunt's house

I hope this wall of text is not too boring for you guys and hope that you guys would not get into an absurd situation like me

Cheers

Tl;DR: The lighting struck
I got fucked
But I will try to live with it

***
Razith
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada431 Posts
August 31 2011 19:41 GMT
#2
And to think how many hookers you could've got for $3400. Such a shame.
XCetron
Profile Joined November 2006
5226 Posts
August 31 2011 19:44 GMT
#3
That's pretty terrible but its not like you paid for those things right? No real losses there. As with the situation with your aunt, she just doesn't know better but is the authority in her house so you should listen to her while pitying her lack of understanding at the same time.
Enhancer_
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada320 Posts
August 31 2011 19:46 GMT
#4
"small pool of victims" "ridiculous consequences"

You're the criminal here. You're the one who was caught stealing. There is no "victim" card here that you can play.

Sure, it sucks, but it's all more than reasonable and to be expected. The fact that you consider stealing in the future once away from people who can actually effectively monitor your actions is concerning, but none of my business, so whatever.
Sfydjklm
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
United States9218 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-31 19:50:08
August 31 2011 19:49 GMT
#5
why would u be afraid of getting sued?
also serves you right for downloading porn.
wtf newb!
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nesteaplunger
Profile Joined April 2010
70 Posts
August 31 2011 19:50 GMT
#6
Kinda curious what kind of porn/music or torrent program you have to use to get caught by the copyright companies.
infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
August 31 2011 19:51 GMT
#7
Wow, was it actually your computer or did it belong to your aunt?
Either way, completely disregarding your privacy is a dick move :/
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Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25986 Posts
August 31 2011 19:52 GMT
#8
Yikes. That situation is scary altogether. Hope everything works out.
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HackBenjamin
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada1094 Posts
August 31 2011 19:53 GMT
#9
People download porn still? I thought with the advent of streaming that it would have been a thing of the past

Sorry to hear you're going through this though dude...Good luck =/
CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11584 Posts
August 31 2011 19:53 GMT
#10
this is the first time i've ever heard of an adult entertainment company going after someone for torrented videos.
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Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
August 31 2011 19:58 GMT
#11
Wow, I always wondered who these people were getting sued.
Now I know, pretty huge deal D:

Sorry man~
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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24709 Posts
August 31 2011 20:01 GMT
#12
Whatever type of porn it was that you had downloaded, start doing lots of searches for porn of the opposite sexual orientation just to screw with your aunt when she sees a report of what you have been doing with your computer activity!
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
aguy38
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
131 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-31 20:05:04
August 31 2011 20:04 GMT
#13
On September 01 2011 05:01 micronesia wrote:
Whatever type of porn it was that you had downloaded, start doing lots of searches for porn of the opposite sexual orientation just to screw with your aunt when she sees a report of what you have been doing with your computer activity!


YES, and then blog about it. It might be bigger than Inc's hardest day.

EDIT: oh god I just realized what I did there
Kojak21
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada1104 Posts
August 31 2011 20:05 GMT
#14
Who downloads porn anymore.

But here ive been caught downloading a few things from Telus, mostly games, and one movie.They just send a email to my dad saying we know the file and from where u downloaded it from. i just ignored them and nothing happened.

anyways sucks u got caught, good luck in the future though!
¯\_(☺)_/¯
rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
August 31 2011 20:10 GMT
#15
On September 01 2011 04:50 nesteaplunger wrote:
Kinda curious what kind of porn/music or torrent program you have to use to get caught by the copyright companies.

torrenting is one of the most obvious ways to get caught :/

as for the guy, i feel bad for him, has to suck not having your own computer
LiquidDota StaffOnly a true king can play the King.
-_-
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
United States7081 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-31 20:17:26
August 31 2011 20:15 GMT
#16
Wow, you learned a lot from the piracy suit. Worth 3400 easily imo. You're quite the introspective person. You aren't writing this post for your Aunt's benefit, are you :-p. Regardless, you sound very intelligent.
Attican
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark531 Posts
August 31 2011 20:16 GMT
#17
You downloaded pirated porn? Come on, really. I'm sorry for the rudeness but it just seems like a rather risky thing to do.
josemb40
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Peru611 Posts
August 31 2011 20:16 GMT
#18
watch porn online
wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Al Bundy
Profile Joined April 2010
7257 Posts
August 31 2011 20:21 GMT
#19
I don't understand why you guys say "watch porn online, don't download it, hey who downloads porn?".
Could someone please give me some links to free porn streaming websites that actually stream in HD quality? Thanks.
o choro é livre
supaplex
Profile Joined July 2011
United States75 Posts
August 31 2011 20:23 GMT
#20
On September 01 2011 05:16 Attican wrote:
You downloaded pirated porn? Come on, really.


How dare he not pay for porn. Not like billion other human beings.
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