Wednesday, May 16, 2012

IP-Address Can't Even Identify a State, BitTorrent Judge Rules

The mass-BitTorrent lawsuits that are sweeping the USA are in a heap of trouble according to TorrentFreak. A Californian judge has ruled that geolocation tools are far from accurate and that it's therefore uncertain that his court has jurisdiction over cases involving alleged BitTorrent pirates. As a result, 15 mass-BitTorrent lawsuits were dismissed.