Oh Wait… We Don’t Own The Copyright
This is something I've known about for a few months (obviously), but now that I ran across the information on other sites, I don't see any issue with posting about it now...
Universal City Studios Productions (the entity suing me [more or less] on behalf of the MPAA) doesn't actually have a legal right to sue because they didn't own the copyright. {lol}
You can read the motion to dismiss over here if you are bored.
It is of course a technicality, and assuming the whole case is indeed thrown out, I'm sure once they get their heads screwed on straight they will probably start the whole process again with the correct entity (you know, one that actually owns a valid copyright).
Regardless if they do (or don't) want to come after me again (again, assuming it is thrown out), it opens up a whole new can of worms. For the hundreds of people that "settled" for $2,500, are those settlements even legal/valid? If they turn out to be invalid, what can I do to help everyone get their settlement money back from Universal/MPAA? They're legal right to make settlements with people would be along the same lines as me settling with you for downloading Star Wars. I'm thinking if people were paying me because I told them I owned the copyright to Star Wars (but I didn't really) may be illegal in itself.
I saw it on Tech Dirt, but I knew about it first (I swear!).. hah
I'm a boy... from San Diego, CA (USA). And I don't really have a whole lot else to say about myself.