FUNimation Files Lawsuit Against 1,337 Illegal Uploaders of One Piece

[Marik]

Heh, Funimation is going after people that downloaded Ep 481 from yibis, with the hash b305c19f8e8bdab5e39b33a4ffc364a12beb110b.


COMPLAINT against DOES 1 - 1,337 filed by FUNimation Entertainment. Summons(es) not requested at this time. In each Notice of Electronic Filing, the judge assignment is indicated, and a link to the Judges Copy Requirements is provided. The court reminds the filer that any required copy of this and future documents must be delivered to the judge, in the manner prescribed, within three business days of filing. (Filing fee $350; Receipt number 0539-3685393) Unless exempted, attorneys who are not admitted to practice in the Northern District of Texas should seek admission promptly. Forms and Instructions found at www.txnd.uscourts.gov (http://www.txnd.uscourts.gov/), or by clicking here: Attorney Information - Bar Membership (Attachments: # 1 Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit(s) List of Does) (Stone, Evan) (Entered: 01/24/2011)

FUNimation files lawsuit against 1,337 illegal uploaders of One Piece (http://www.uk-anime.net/newsitem/FUNimation_files_lawsuit_against_1,337_illegal_upl oaders_of_One_Piece.html)

ANN has an article also.

News: Funimation Sues 1,337 BitTorrent Users Over One Piece (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-25/funimation-sues-1337-bittorrent-users-over-one-piece)

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[Assertn]

Heh, Funimation is going after people that downloaded Ep 481 from yibis, with the hash b305c19f8e8bdab5e39b33a4ffc364a12beb110b.

News: Funimation Sues 1,337 BitTorrent Users Over One Piece (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-25/funimation-sues-1337-bittorrent-users-over-one-piece)

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onepieceofficial.com is great quality, updated fast, and the newest eps never have ads. I dunno why people would still download Yibis, anyway. I wonder if they picked that number on purpose...

[TwisT]

Because that site is for American's (or maybe all of North America can access) only. That means that the rest of the world either have to go trough a proxxy/tunnel his connection to watch from that site, or they could just download with one click. Which sounds easier? Also some people wanna archive so they can watch from the harddrive. Although i go for HorribleSubs myself since I'm to impatient when it comes to OP, and i only archive KF. But then again i don't really have to fear getting sued over anime. I'm guessing they only sue over that in the US.

EDIT: But if i had access without any haggle i would watch it from a legit site like onepieceofficial.com. I think it's a great move to stream it for free and it should be supported so that others will learn from this.

[Assertn]

Isn't that what crunchy roll is for, or something? If you don't live in the US, you're probably safe from the lawsuits anyway.

[Marik]

Funimation is filing for $150,000 in damages, which comes out to about $112 per person. The sites witnessed in this matter include isohunt.com, kickasstorrents.com and nyaatorrents.org. Also, there's a pdf with the ips of the 1,337 John Does. I have attached the pdf file.

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[RyougaZell]

heh... Funimation makes me laugh

[DarthEnderX]

Funimation is filing for $150,000 in damages, which comes out to about $112 per person. You know what, that's actually...reasonable. Not like the RIAA trying to sue some teenage girl for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

So often lawsuits are just in ridiculous amounts that don't represent the actual money the company suffers.

I'd probably pay it. And not download any more episodes after that.

Course, I'd also stop buying One Piece DVDs.

[Kraco]

Maybe I should switch away from Yibis... Although I doubt they would first go after downloaders from some small remote country.


You know what, that's actually...reasonable. Not like the RIAA trying to sue some teenage girl for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

So often lawsuits are just in ridiculous amounts that don't represent the actual money the company suffers.

I find it funny in a very sad way how, over here, if you rape somebody you'll be looking forward to paying some 5000€ to the victim. But, heaven forbid, you upload music, movies, or TV series - you'll be paying 100,000€.

[Assertn]

I find it funny in a very sad way how, over here, if you rape somebody you'll be looking forward to paying some 5000€ to the victim. But, heaven forbid, you upload music, movies, or TV series - you'll be paying 100,000€.
5000? Not bad. Some of the high-end prostitutes would cost more than that.

[RyougaZell]

Maybe I should switch away from Yibis... Although I doubt they would first go after downloaders from some small remote country.


You could try mIRC or megaupload for yibis.

They can't do much to someone in another country though. They are just being asses to random americans and fail at being funny choosing 1337 users.

Its funny they targeted a Yibis file, seeing as Yibis uses an encode made from Japan and uses their own translations. I would understand if they sued Horriblesubs, which steals their version and their subs... but Yibis?

I stopped buying Funimation DVDs when they blocked international access to their low-quality stream. I still buy the manga though, since Viz hasn't been an ass like Funi.

[Kraco]

It seems I got this specific episode from a bot anyway. And yeah, it would be far too much trouble for them to hire a Finnish lawyer to sue a random small-time torrent user.

[Carnage]

I find it funny in a very sad way how, over here, if you rape somebody you'll be looking forward to paying some 5000€ to the victim. But, heaven forbid, you upload music, movies, or TV series - you'll be paying 100,000€.

Aside being sued for far too much money for downloading, I find it more surprising that the penalty for rape is only a 5000 euro fine....

[Kraco]

That's obviously not the whole penalty for a rape. It's only the compensation going to the victim. Typically you will count bricks for a while in a prison.

[Sentenal]

You could try mIRC or megaupload for yibis.

They can't do much to someone in another country though. They are just being asses to random americans and fail at being funny choosing 1337 users.

Its funny they targeted a Yibis file, seeing as Yibis uses an encode made from Japan and uses their own translations. I would understand if they sued Horriblesubs, which steals their version and their subs... but Yibis?

I stopped buying Funimation DVDs when they blocked international access to their low-quality stream. I still buy the manga though, since Viz hasn't been an ass like Funi.
Funimation only has the rights to One Piece for North America (or just the US? idk), so they obviously have to block international access. If Funimation was streaming stuff for people outside of their own region, they would be just as "guilty" as fansubbers.

Additionally, while it would have made sense to go after Horriblesubs too, what Yibis does is still illegal. "Stealing their version", as in the actual translation, probably doesn't matter shit, its the fact that they distribute illegal copies (via fansubbing) of One Piece in their region. In their eyes, stealing business.

Also just to note, I don't have anything against downloading Fansubs, since I get them myself. I'm just saying that what Funimation is doing here is justified, even if I chose not to care lol

[Sapphire]

How is it justified? Just because it's a law doesn't mean it deserves to be followed. Anime downloading laws are unreasonable and virtually unenforceable. This leads to people inconsistently being "caught" and probably serves as a deterrence to no one except the guy who ends up having to pay the fine. (And he probably won't stop illegally downloading, will just make more efforts not to get caught).

If Funimation wants to make money they should figure out how to work competitively while still making a profit in the current times, instead of just suing everyone and their mom.

[RyougaZell]

Funimation only has the rights to One Piece for North America (or just the US? idk), so they obviously have to block international access. If Funimation was streaming stuff for people outside of their own region, they would be just as "guilty" as fansubbers.


You said it. Funimation only has the rights to One Piece on North America. Yet they tried to shut down access to fansubs (and failed horribly) to all the planet when they begun streaming. Now they are starting a witch hunt within their own country.

[DarthEnderX]

onepieceofficial.com is great quality, updated fast, and the newest eps never have ads. I dunno why people would still download Yibis, anyway. I wonder if they picked that number on purpose...Because I have a slow internet connection that makes streaming video a horrible experience.

[Munsu]

I'm still waiting to get sued over downloading One Night in Paris...
http://www.tmz.com/2011/01/24/paris-hilton-sex-tape-lawsuit-rock-salomon-jim-xpays-in-ip-address-video-porn/

[Sentenal]

How is it justified? Just because it's a law doesn't mean it deserves to be followed. Anime downloading laws are unreasonable and virtually unenforceable. This leads to people inconsistently being "caught" and probably serves as a deterrence to no one except the guy who ends up having to pay the fine. (And he probably won't stop illegally downloading, will just make more efforts not to get caught).

If Funimation wants to make money they should figure out how to work competitively while still making a profit in the current times, instead of just suing everyone and their mom.
lol

I agree they need to figure out how to make it work competitively while still making a profit. IMO if they streamed it at like 720p at the time they release now, they would pretty much shutdown One Piece subbing, in North America at least. Maybe offer direct downloads with ads encoded into the video for people who can't stream? IDK.

But are you really going to argue that Funimation isn't justified in defending their IP rights? "Just because its law doesn't mean it should be followed"? That pretty dangerous thinking lol (plus you would probably only apply that selectively to laws that you choose not to follow). If something is easy to steal, I guess that means there should be no laws against thievery?


You said it. Funimation only has the rights to One Piece on North America. Yet they tried to shut down access to fansubs (and failed horribly) to all the planet when they begun streaming. Now they are starting a witch hunt within their own country.
They tried to shut down access to fansubs to "all the planet" because those fansubbers were illegally distributing their content in their region. Are they supposed to just turn a blind eye to it or something?

I'll say again that I download fansubs, and I'm not condemning anyone for doing it themselves. I just think its crazy for people to act like they are the bad guys when they are the ones allegedly being harmed by fansubs distributing in their region.

[Buffalobiian]

How is it justified? Just because it's a law doesn't mean it deserves to be followed. Anime downloading laws are unreasonable and virtually unenforceable. This leads to people inconsistently being "caught" and probably serves as a deterrence to no one except the guy who ends up having to pay the fine. (And he probably won't stop illegally downloading, will just make more efforts not to get caught).

They're not justified or being unreasonable? It's intellectual property theft. It's the same situation as the music and movie industry without the push.

I don't believe that just because it's hard to catch someone downloading illegally that they shouldn't act on it, like you've suggested. The only issue I have is using IPs as "proof" if IP-snooping and impersonation is an issue to otherwise affect innocent people and legitimacy of said "proof".

That's where these lawsuits come in, and it's up to the judge to determine whether these logs, the "proof", are enough to prove that intellectual property theft took place.

[David75]

Fansubing is not legal, and that is the case in many countries. At least, the raw distribution is, since it's a copy of source material.
I do not exactly know wether the fansub text itself is illegal, depends on the country. But even there, I guess there's the fact your work is a copy of a protected one.

That aside, without fansubing, there's almost no way the industry would have grown outside japan. It's not a multi-billion market... yet, but many people have been earning money thanks to 2 things:
The legal ways, starting probably in the late 70's with anime broadcast, that ignited the movement.
The illegal ways, that promoted shows and manga, in all its kinds, throughout the world, without censorship or marketing targets.
And thanks to that openness, some shows or manga you'd never even have dreamt of became available and enabled legal ways to flourish for those shows or others.

So yes, it's still illegal, but nothing is all black or all white. Funimation is able to sue people only because OP became popular for many reasons, and partly thanks to fansubing.
Hammering people that would never even think of buying OP in the first place, might have a dire effects on sales later. Never underestimate backfiring, the internet is a small world.

[Kraco]

So yes, it's still illegal, but nothing is all black or all white. Funimation is able to sue people only because OP became popular for many reasons, and partly thanks to fansubing.
Hammering people that would never even think of buying OP in the first place, might have a dire effects on sales later. Never underestimate backfiring, the internet is a small world.

Who knows, this whole thing might not have happened without the Fractale fiasco. Forgetting the American license holders, the Japanese copyright holders are an altogether different matter and nigh impossible to predict. Maybe with the exception of Ghibli (and some others I can't name) they seem to have a pretty schizophrenic attitude towards the foreign market: Wanting extra money yet being all paranoid at the same time. Any business wants extra money, but it's pretty hard to form a lasting relationship if you accept the money with the right hand yet at the same time stab with the left hand...

[Buffalobiian]

And thanks to that openness, some shows or manga you'd never even have dreamt of became available and enabled legal ways to flourish for those shows or others.

So yes, it's still illegal, but nothing is all black or all white. Funimation is able to sue people only because OP became popular for many reasons, and partly thanks to fansubing.


While it's true that anime popularity owes itself a lot to fansubbing, I don't see that they could, or even should, embrace it when services like simulcasts are in place.

From what I see, Funi doesn't touch people outside of its copyright jurisdictions (Finland, for example), or shows that it has no licence over (said "unpopular" shows that would never be licensed or be made legally available to non-Japanese).


Hammering people that would never even think of buying OP in the first place, might have a dire effects on sales later. Never underestimate backfiring, the internet is a small world.

Whether or not this case will hurt sales is up to Funi's forecasting I guess - but that matters little in terms of the righteousness of what's happening to me.

It seems strange for that to happen though, if those who were sued would never buy OP in the first place, while those who buy OP want to support the industry in the first place. The only backfiring I can think of is for those who normally watch the subs and buy OP got sued and are angry. Then again, they'd be watching the simulcast, wouldn't they?

[humpburger]

Lol, the timing is so funny. 1337 pirates couldn't make it pass Marine Ford with their piracy.

So what actually happens if you hit the random anomaly of prosecution?


That aside, without fansubing, there's almost no way the industry would have grown outside japan. It's not a multi-billion market... yet...

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[Marik]

Hrmm.. Funny if true.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1081857

[Sapphire]

Oh yes, it's true. The font/style is too exact to be a coincidence.

America's Greatest Otaku episode 02 is on both Nyaa (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=197888) and Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/watch/220947/americas-greatest-otaku-bighorn-otaku?c=1740:1837) for those who are curious.

Horrible Subs 03 (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=91708)

[Buffalobiian]

Are the latter episodes much different from the first? I watched the first episode for kicks (the name demands it), but after sitting through them showcasing various otakus, their rooms and their hobbies/habits, i decided that one episode was enough. Some good moments in there, but sandwiched in too much uninteresting content to make me watch the whole series.

[RyougaZell]

Hrmm.. Funny if true.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1081857

Hahahaha. That is gold.

[Marik]

Hahahaha. That is gold.

Indeed. Now we know why they went after yibis and not HS. They use HS rips themselves.

[RyougaZell]

Indeed. Now we know why they went after yibis and not HS. They use HS rips themselves.

I'm reading the thread this moment. And I love how the ANN users who 'hate fansubs' are practically yelling 'so what'? I don't know if the guy/gal is a moderator or not... but Im laughing my ass off reading how they try to justify Funimation doing this. I've always said ANN and Funi are hyprocrites. Oh well. I'll continue reading the thread. It certainly made me smile this morning.

[Assertn]

I'm reading the thread this moment. And I love how the ANN users who 'hate fansubs' are practically yelling 'so what'? I don't know if the guy/gal is a moderator or not... but Im laughing my ass off reading how they try to justify Funimation doing this. I've always said ANN and Funi are hyprocrites. Oh well. I'll continue reading the thread. It certainly made me smile this morning.

Horrible subs does all the ripping for free, and Funimation takes advantage of it. Horrible has no rights -- Funi does. Sounds like Funimation is just being a smart business.

[RyougaZell]

Horrible subs does all the ripping for free, and Funimation takes advantage of it. Horrible has no rights -- Funi does. Sounds like Funimation is just being a smart business.

Nobody defended Horrible Subs rights. HS steals from CrunchyRoll, so the screwed ones are CR. Now, one would argue that the subs that CR uses are owned by Funimation due to the licensing and such... but... why use the HS in Funi's studio?

In their right? Maybe. Smart business? Maybe. Bad PR? Absolutely. To get the fansub, Funimation must have used one of two options. Bittorrent or Direct Download (ok, mIRC is a third, but lets leave it out). By using Bittorrent they are basically uploading the video themselves... and Funimation sues anyone downloading fansubs...hmmm.

Ah whatever. I'll just laugh at this. :)

[Sapphire]

So they're using/distributing a free product and suing everyone else who does the same thing. Good company.

[darkshadow]

lol free product?

[Sapphire]

I said free, not legal.

The justification of the illegality of HS is debatable, anyway.

PS - It was brought up that if Funi DLs HS' episode, they are also illegally downloading a font that they don't have a license for. I guess they don't have a "right" to download HS' ep after all.

[darkshadow]

Lol free, not legal...that's as good as an argument as stealing something and then saying:"No I didn't steal it, I took it for free".......
It's not a free product even if procured and distributed as such by a non-license holder.

And as far as my understanding of copyright goes, which is clearly different by country so correct me if I'm wrong, the license holder owns every single thing anyone creates with their IP if no license to do so had been given (parodies aside). This would include the fonts.

[RyougaZell]

It isn't free in any way. And its illegal as well. And Funimation is using/downloading an illegal video to help their legal contract (free translation? awesome!)

Someone at ANN (I love those guys... I really do. They are naive) said it was alright because Funi stole something from a thief. Lets just steal from Funi now, since they are stealing from someone that stole is legal! LOL.

[Kraco]

And as far as my understanding of copyright goes, which is clearly different by country so correct me if I'm wrong, the license holder owns every single thing anyone creates with their IP if no license to do so had been given (parodies aside). This would include the fonts.

I very much doubt that's correct even for your country. Clearly it's not legal to use someone else's copyrighted work for derivations, but it doesn't grant the original copyright holder a right to your (illegal) works either. You will simply be forbidden to use your unlicensed creations for anything (depending on the local laws, for example considering the parodies you mentioned). However, it's evident that the original copyright holder is in a good position to exploit an illegal creator's work with practical impunity, as a pirate is unlikely to try to sue anybody...

Take for example doujinshi using existing manga/anime works. They are mostly unlicensed derivations of original works but the Japanese companies have largely ignored them for their own reasons. However, if some media house suddenly decided to enter the porn market, they by no means could just collect all the related doujin by myriad artists and publish volumes under their own name.

[TwisT]

But does the font belong to anyone? I have no idea how these things work but don't you have to file for license/copyright/patents and shit for others to not be able to copy/use your things? If not why do you even have to file for things like that in the first place? And if it's like that, i doubt the fansubbers have filed for such things. The word copyright would imply that you can't copy that persons work without his permission, but if there is no copyright then you can copy away as you please. Maybe someone with more knowledge in the subject could enlighten me on this.

[Kraco]

But does the font belong to anyone? I have no idea how these things work but don't you have to file for license/copyright/patents and shit for others to not be able to copy/use your things? If not why do you even have to file for things like that in the first place? And if it's like that, i doubt the fansubbers have filed for such things. The word copyright would imply that you can't copy that persons work without his permission, but if there is no copyright then you can copy away as you please. Maybe someone with more knowledge in the subject could enlighten me on this.

Concerning creative works, copyright automatically belongs to the original author or, if you work for somebody contractually, to the employer. It's a different matter if you need to prove you were the original author. Often it's undisputable but sometimes people take extra steps like dated and verified original copies. No copyright means the original copyright holder has void their claim, the copyright has expired (takes decades), there wasn't an author in the first place (like a rock shaped by rain and wind into a sculpture), or a court rules the piece is no product of creative work at all.

It's a bit ambiguous, but patenting, for example, is expensive and time consuming and thus requiring a similar process for simple copyrighting would mean basically only rich people or corporations could own any creative work and could steal at will the products of normal inviduals.

[Assertn]

Wait, I'm under the impression HS's videos were only being used in-house by the dub team. Where's the violation in font licensing come from?

[UChessmaster]

I don`t think there`s any violation, is just an hypocrisy thing going on.

[darkshadow]

I very much doubt that's correct even for your country. Clearly it's not legal to use someone else's copyrighted work for derivations, but it doesn't grant the original copyright holder a right to your (illegal) works either. You will simply be forbidden to use your unlicensed creations for anything (depending on the local laws, for example considering the parodies you mentioned). However, it's evident that the original copyright holder is in a good position to exploit an illegal creator's work with practical impunity, as a pirate is unlikely to try to sue anybody...

Take for example doujinshi using existing manga/anime works. They are mostly unlicensed derivations of original works but the Japanese companies have largely ignored them for their own reasons. However, if some media house suddenly decided to enter the porn market, they by no means could just collect all the related doujin by myriad artists and publish volumes under their own name.

A sample of copyright licensing:

3. Licensee's Rights and Obligations.
a. Licensee shall be solely responsible for providing all funding and technical expertise for the development and marketing of the Work.

b. Licensee shall be the sole owner of the Work and all proprietary rights in and to the Work; except, such ownership shall not include ownership of the copyright in and to the Material or any other rights to the Material not specifically granted in Section 1 above.



If no license is given then 3b. is obviously invalid and thus the non-licensee would only own the work put into it. They don't have a license thus they don't "own" their own product.
I didn't mean that that IP rightsholder can just seize and use the product for themselves, what I meant is they own all the rights to the contents(aside from previously established copyrights) of said product and thus "own" it. So aside from forbidding it's use, they can also order the product to be destroyed.

Now about the fonts, it seems the US doesn't recognise fonts as having copyright, other countries do though (like the UK). So the only way HS' could own the font is if the person who made it lives in one of the countries that does copyright fonts.

[Kraco]

Ignoring some rippers inputting no effort that could be considered artistic, I was only considering (illegal) derivations that do include original work within. I was trying to give a more general opinion, after all, which might have made it seem like it clashed with your earlier post that I quoted. I'm not alone to blame, though, because your post wasn't that unambiguous either.

"the license holder owns every single thing anyone creates with their IP if no license to do so had been given"

This is clearly wrong as a general statement, no matter how you look at it. As you said, they can pursue to get the offending material removed but they can't simply claim it as their own if it's not 100% their material.

[DarthEnderX]

I don't think you're correct about that Kraco.

Take for example Bittersweet Symphony. The flute track from that song is from a Rolling Stones song and they used it without permission.

Rolling Stones basically sued them for ownership and now that song BELONGS to the Stones. Even thought the Stones didn't create anything else about that song, they now have ownership of the entire thing.

[Kraco]

I'm not going to argue about individual cases. And if the ownership of something is to be decided in a court, it will necessarily lead to a decision. What they decide, it's up to the senile idiots wearing the wigs and how thick your pocketbook is when you are hiring a lawyer, and whether you see it till the end through all the levels of the justice system.

For all I know, you could be correct in the sense that courts would rather dictate a sole owner, if the original copyrighted material can be considered the only significant part of the work, than say the thing must be buried never to be seen again. I haven't really studied any such cases in statistically significant numbers.

[Marik]

lol @ ANN just now having an article about it.


Funimation had not offered an official comment at press time. However, a source at the company who wished to remain anonymous said that the company occasionally uses "unofficial" copies during the dubbing process if the acquisition of the original source material is delayed. The source said that Funimation's license makes the use of the content legal, even with a third party's unauthorized changes.News: Downloaded Sora no Otoshimono Copy Shown at Funimation Studio (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-22/downloaded-sora-no-otoshimono-copy-shown-at-funimation-studio)

[Marik]

News: Funimation Dismisses Its One Piece BitTorrent Lawsuit (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-24/funimation-dismisses-its-one-piece-bittorrent-lawsuit)

[Buffalobiian]

So are they still suing Defendant #1?

[Marik]

So are they still suing Defendant #1?

If so, that person chose the wrong time to be 1st!

[RyougaZell]

Funimation and ANN are ridiculous. Sure... they hold the license. Can't deny it. But its just very hypocrite of them to use the fansubs when they file those lawsuits, which ironically didn't proceed because they filed them wrong.

BTW... I love how ANN practically tried to ignore the usage of the fansub until they could no longer ignore it.

[Marik]

Looks like Funimation is going after manga now. I checked my email and I had 12 messages from MediaFire. They deleted some of my One Piece, Soul Eater, and Soul Eater Not! uploads. (http://home.comcast.net/%7Esupergotenks/mfdel.jpg)

[RyougaZell]

Now you beleive me when I say Funi sucks Marik?

Be careful dude. I suggest uploading to an underground page or one that isn't located on the US.

[Kraco]

It's too fell they go after Marik. Lots of my manga downloads come from his links...

[Buffalobiian]

if they're going to play that way:

-pad something into the rar/zip so the hash is changed from a group's release file.
-upload through some non-US proxy server

[Marik]

Toei sued 869 people over One Piece episode 515. The file hash was 5683D0EFD0C703237918E2A626D8DAD89D02046D, which is HorribleSubs' release.


The breakdown of the defendants IPs by state is approximately as follows:



PA: 24
TX: 85
CA: 185
FL: 75
MA: 31
MI: 20
TN: 6
NY: 78
MD: 29
NJ: 25
WA: 30
VA: 23
MN: 8
OH: 20
LA: 9
IN: 12
GA: 18
AL: 7
OK: 8
OR: 18
AZ: 10
NV: 10
RI: 2
UT: 11
CT: 13
NH: 2
IL: 27
AR: 3
NC: 15
WI: 5
MO: 9
HI: 13
CO: 11
SC: 4
ME: 1
DE: 2
VT: 2
KY: 1
IA: 3
WV: 2
MS: 1
NM: 2
DC: 3
NE: 3
AK: 1
KS: 2




CrunchyRoll: Toei Files Lawsuit Against 869 Internet Pirates of "One Piece" (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/02/09/toei-files-lawsuit-against-869-internet-pirates-of-one-piece)

[Kraco]

I haven't torrented One Piece for a long time now, though I suppose they'd only go after American downloaders, not foreign. Maybe I should reconsider my habit of torrenting other HS releases as well. Especially since the idiot, traitorous government unfortunately in charge of my doomed home country will inevitably ratify ACTA.

[Buffalobiian]

The site didn't publish which trackers they got the releases from, just to make you more fearful. Come one darknet clients!

[Harima Kenji]

I haven't torrented One Piece for a long time now, though I suppose they'd only go after American downloaders, not foreign. Maybe I should reconsider my habit of torrenting other HS releases as well. Especially since the idiot, traitorous government unfortunately in charge of my doomed home country will inevitably ratify ACTA.
I'm scared of that too.. No idea where you're from, but I think a lot of countries nowadays are US lapdogs..

[boilerph]

You can get the document with all the IP's here if you have a PACER account (free to get but $.08 per document page you look at). I would attach the PDF but I'm not sure of the legality of freely posting court documents even if they are open to the public. They are again seeking $150000 plus costs so probably around $200-250 per person.

http://dockets.justia.com/docket/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2011cv01746/150391/

edit: forgot link