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Apr 9, 2015 · Voltage's company Dallas Buyers Club LLC has obtained a Singapore High Court order to compel all three ISPs to release the details of subscribers linked to the IP addresses in question.
Apr 8, 2015 · Dallas Buyers Club LLC has reportedly identified more than 500 Singapore IP addresses here through which the movie was said to have been downloaded illegally. Apart from Singtel, both M1...
Apr 9, 2015 · The owner, Dallas Buyers Club LLC, has embarked on a global campaign in countries such as Singapore and Australia to take action against illegal downloaders. Here are some things...
- Identification of The Downloaders
- Sending Letters of Demand
- The Legal Speculation: What Happens If The Case Goes to Court?
- The Reality
- The Odex Saga
It has been reported that more than 500 Singapore Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of Internet subscribers have been identified as illegal downloaders. There are several ways this could have been done. This has likely been done through software that tracks the downloader’s IP address on BitTorrent, a common channel for downloading files online. Due...
Based on the subscriber information, Samuel Seow Law Corporation, which represents Dallas, sent out letters of demand, asking for a written offer of damages and costs within three days of receiving the letter.
What should you do if you have received such a letter of demand? Unfortunately, because this is the first of its kind, there is a lot of guesswork as to how the courts will decide should it reach a trial. Many lawyers have been interviewed in the press and their views are summarised below. Difficulty in linking the IP address to the downloader:The ...
The sad reality is that the legal analysis may not be relevant. After all, the individual subscriber may not have financial means to take the case to court, and would rather pay a small sum to settle the case. Dallas is likely to be open to settlement too, because going to court is more expensive than just sending out letters of demand. If the case...
The Odex saga provides some clues for what might happen. Odex is a Singapore-based company that virtually distributes sub-licensed Japanese anime. In 2007, it hit the news for initiating legal action against certain internet service providers to obtain the personal information of downloaders, just as Dallas did. Eventually, in Odex’s case against P...
- Kevin Goh
- How can they obtain my IP address? The IP address of BitTorrent users are publicly available when they seed, a feature of the program which shares parts of the downloaded files with other BitTorrent downloaders.
- Great, so it's all right if I stay away from Torrent and use direct downloads? Not necessarily, said Mr Low. "They can go after the website owner, then get a court order for an access log of all IP addresses that downloaded the material."
- Doesn't dynamic IP mean my IP address would have changed by the time they catch my scent? Not at all, said Mr Low. "Dynamic IP allocation is logged when the server allocates an address.
- It's a good thing that I'm safe hiding behind a proxy, or VPN server, right? Perhaps, but it is not guaranteed. "They might have more trouble trying to find the downloader, but it's not impossible for the proxy owner to disclose information - you'll never be able to tell if they're reliable," said Mr Low.
Apr 7, 2015 · Apr 07, 2015, 09:16 PM. MORE than 500 people in Singapore have allegedly downloaded Oscar-winning film Dallas Buyers Club illegally over the Internet, and now they may have to face the...
Apr 11, 2015 · Singapore ISPs not breaking privacy policy in Dallas Buyers Club crackdown. ISPs had not violated user service agreements in revealing their customers' personal data as they were responding...
