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CD Projekt Versus File-Sharers?

[Dec 14, 2011, 11:17 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

TorrentFreak reports that lawyers for CD Projekt are contacting individual file-sharers in Germany offering to settle accusations of pirating The Witcher 2 for €911.80 ($1,183.06). For corroboration, they point to this German page which does mention the game and that figure. Thanks Lance via Techdirt, where they note the danger such a "shakedown" can target innocent parties.

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15. Re: CD Projekt Versus File-Sharers? Dec 15, 2011, 01:47 Cutter
 
I lovw how they pull these arbitrary numbers out of their ass. When I was 12 or so I got caught stealing a chocolate bar. The cop made me pay for it, took me home and talked to my folks, my dad whupped my ass and that was the end of that. And I'm pretty sure that anyone going to court for petty theft/shoplifting these days doesn't get hit with these sorts of absurd damage claims so what makes digital media - which doesn't even result in any actual physical loss of an item - any different? Why aren't there police investigations to determine if a crime was actually commited before it heads to court? Shouldn't the prosecutors office only then determine if there are sufficient grounds to go to court? Where is the burden of proof? The onus is on the accuser. At least where due process is involved.

Hell, I was in traffic court two days ago for a ticket almost 2 years old. Prosecutor asked me if I wanted to plead guilty to a reduced fine. I said, 'No thanks. I'll be making a motion to stay the charge.' She gave me the hairy eyeball and asked if I had filed the requisite paperwork. I replied, 'I don't have to file anything to ask for a stay and you know it.' She tried to intimidate me and I actually laughed and told her we'll just leave it up to the judge in that case. Sure enough I get called up and they drop the charges. Booyah.

 
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