Of course you now already about the fact that torrents are a big machine of copyrights infringement. A lot of guys through the world were bring in front of the court in order to be punished for their illicit actions of distribution movies, music, games and you now. A lot of cases were drop upon lawyers and judges. In the beginning lawyers though that this is a real no how case and actually that you have no chance to win this one. But recently I find out a interesting story and I would like to share it with you:

"The US Copyright Group (USCG) has dropped some 97 % of the cases against torrent users for having allegedly downloaded copies of Far Cry. 4,437 individuals were dismissed without prejudice, leaving only 140 in the lawsuit, according to TorrentFreak.The reason given was personal jurisdiction, meaning that most of the people either couldn't be identified or they lived outside of the court's jurisdiction" (good thing to know ).

How this happened, you will find out right away: "Most were just listed as IP addresses, and even those who were linked to their owners' names could only be targeted by the USCG if they live in the District of Columbia, where the case was filed. Unfortunately, since the suit was dropped without prejudice, the USCG is free to file again, including in another district" (take also this intro consideration).

For all these we have thank someone, and namely District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer "who ordered the USCG to limit their case only to those defendants who the Court has jurisdiction over". So basicaly all these means that "the thousands of people who have been pressured to pay up in settlements merely have to check if they are in the Court's jurisdiction, and if not, ask to have their case dropped". As a consequence a lot of the anti piracy law firms where suffering in terms of their profit.

And there is something more that you should now. "The news is hot on the heels of the story from last week that torrent users were suing the USCG for extortion, fraudulent omissions, mail fraud, wire fraud, computer fraud and abuse, racketeering, fraud upon the court, abuse of process, fraud on the Copyright Office, copyright misuse, unjust enrichment, and consumer protection violations".This means that thous guys from USCG were threatening users in order to get money from them. There were one guy Dmitriy Shirokov who "accused Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver, the Washington law firm that sent threatening letters to thousands of alleged downloaders of Far Cry, of knowingly breaching copyright law to make money. His argument is that the lawyers made a business of threatening people with expensive litigation and fines unless they pay settlement offers, but the firm was apparently never interested in actually litigating the claims".

The conclusion is that you should be very careful on these things, because we will never now when someone will press charges against you for copyright violation and therefore make you pay a lot of money. Still you should consult a lawyer or someone who knows these things before take any action if someone is threatening you that he will bring you to court.

Even though I'm not from US . This is a great news indeed .