Uwe Boll Suing People Who Pirated Far Cry Movie

[Hadrian]

Director Uwe Boll is "on a mission" to recoup the money he believes he's lost as a result of illegal file sharing of his film Far Cry. Could you be next?

Through a law firm called Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver, Boll has filed a federal lawsuit against 4,577 "John Does" in a DC court -- all of whom were accused of sharing Far Cry, the helmer's adaptation of the videogame of the same name.

According to Ars Technica, this seems to be an "entrepreneurial model for P2P copyright lawsuits [where] the goal appears to be monetizing infringement, and the cases are brought by a law firm that is actively recruiting clients." The firm also has repped indie filmmakers such as those behind Call of the Wild and The Hurt Locker.

Take the case of an anonymous woman (dubbed "Sabine" in the article). Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver recently sent her a letter saying that she had been ID'd as someone who had swapped Far Cry on peer-to-peer (P2P) networks back in March. She was told that she could pay $1,500 by early June and they'd call it even -- or $2,500 if she went past the cut-off date. If she didn't pay at all, the firm could take her to court where she might wind up owing as much as $150,000.

"No one in my household has ever heard of Far Cry," she says.

Sabine's situation hasn't been resolved yet, and as Ars Technica points out, it's unclear how many of the people in her situation will actually be taken to court since it seems as though this is more about trying to make a buck off of these folks than actually litigating… though Uwe does like a good fight, eh?

http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/109/1093549p1.html

I'd really doubt that any one of those 4,577 people would have paid money for this film, the only reason they'd grab it would to see how bad it was. That is all.

 

[bRKcRE]

so he is basically wasting more money chasing something that would never have made anything in the first place???

 

[Aeladya]

I'd be ticked too if I was a horrible director who made shit movies and never got paid for the crappy movies I made since people downloaded them...he's one of the worst directors of all time IIRC.

 

[B-Blue]

There's a Far Cry movie?

 

[Hadrian]

Apparently his next film isn't bad.

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/film/4388

I was hoping it would be based on the game of the same name, I just want to see campy giant monsters attack stuff.

 

[pitman]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

I feel sad for those caught pirating a Uwe Boll movie...

 

[Joe88]

someone should just go up to his face and say he lost money because the movie was utter trash

 

[Schizoanalysis]

Lawyers wanting to screw people over to make money for themselves?

tsk tsk...

 

[Zidapi]

He should be writing "Thank You" letters to them for even watching his crap.

 

[heavyknight]

If these people distribute to one another...then they shouldn't need to get charged so much, assuming they're going to sue nearly 5,000 people. That's like $1,500 per person. Multiply by 4,577. (Calculator cheat - $6,865,500).

That and what if..considering how easy it is to change or even proxy an IP address, what if she ended up with an IP that was used for torrenting? You know, IP bans, MMORPGs, bypassing. Torrent anonymously, etc. There's not much to say. If innocent people can be jailed for years, the same can be applied to this.

The proper value..of let's say, $11.50 per ticket. (Assuming all adults) - $52,635.50. That's how much he'd be losing. If you're going to sue someone...use some more realistic number.

I'd laugh if people pirated his movie on accident expecting the game instead. What if that was part of the case?

 

[worlok375]

Aaaaaaand I'm disappointed because the movie is probably not made by the game.

 

[ChaosBoi]

Didn't even know there was a Far Cry movie .

 

[Blackiris]

This looked interesting until I realized the first two words of the thread were "Uwe Boll".

Kidding. But I still think most all his movies are bad. I wonder why there aren't many good/great video game movies done by better directors, seeing that the Street Fighter Legacy trailers were looking decent to me.

 

[ZAFDeltaForce]

someone should just go up to his face and say he lost money because the movie was utter trash

+1

 

[Lubbo]

im scared about downloading using torrents now :S anyway to block this?

 

[The Catboy]

People even go through the time to pirate his films. He should be flattered people honestly go through that time just to watch them in the end.
Hell it's pretty much the only views he's ever going to get.

Well unless the movie is Postal, I went out and bought that one because it was surprisingly good for an Uwe Boll movie

 

[Gore]

I'm still waiting for my Hurt Locker lawsuit.

 

[GeekyGuy]

Boll should be sued for subjecting people to his garbage.

 

[mrfatso]

There's a Far Cry movie?

same here, didnt know that there was one and it's directed by that thing.

 

[Raika]

...
There's such a movie?
And who the fuck is Uwe Boll?