Japan & US Pornographers Sue Korean Illegal Downloaders

[Mulboyne]

Korea Times: Foreign Pornography Makers Pressuring Korea
U.S. and Japanese porn makers are suing 65,000 people here who they claim have downloaded their products without permission. This is the second round of the battle following their attempt to take culprits to court last July. Then, a group of 50 porn producers in the two countries filed a lawsuit against 10,000 Koreans for posting the producers' adult films on local file-sharing Web sites. They also alleged that Koreans charged subscribers to download them. However, the prosecution decided to investigate only those who uploaded the films more than three times, with only 10 of them being held legally responsible. Dissatisfied with the result, they plan to file a lawsuit next week against 65,000 Korean Internet users. A law firm...working on their behalf. The firm has cited the double standards employed by Korea in handling piracy. "Copyright laws should be applied equally whether it is local or foreign material," said an official at the law firm...more...

[IkemenTommy]

Koreans pirating? No waaaaaay!!!

[Taro Toporific]