Pink Visual, how will your Content Protection Retreat go now that you folded to Mansef?
 

You just set a fine example by buckling to Mansef in your piracy suit. Why would anyone want to come to your Content Protection Retreat now?

If anything, true anti-piracy companies should come just to throw tomatoes at you. :2 cents:

The Xbiz article is inaccurate. No further comments will be made.

You won't correct the inaccurate story?

What is specifically innacurate? Settling lawsuits and dropping complaints is like pregnancy... you can't be "kind of settled".

:2 cents:

lol

Anyone, bueller? How much did it take?

oh the dirty dollar...

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Money talks.

And bullshit walks.

damn that sucks. seems like no one is willing to hang in there when the green is waved.

Seems like maybe they got scared by the counter-suit and decided to settle?

All the keyboard lawyers here have obviously never been in a court of law other than a traffic court. Going to trial is risky for both parties. A settlement is almost always the best outcome for any lawsuit.

my thoughts exactly. $6.75M is not too shabby

I think Far-L has been in court. He fought acacia.

Talking from experience. If you dont have the money to throw away avoid court. Even if you win on principle you lose a lot of money doing it.

Good posts.

Think positively, if a good case is built and Mansef will settle this could be a cash cow. It needs the Titans of the industry to sit up and take notice. AND affiliates to step up and back companies who are pro active in the fight against pirates.

It's cost Mansef money to fight and money to settle and left them open to others.

Posts on GFY are not going to bring down many pirates, action will.

No shit Sherlock.

However, they did take them to court and they knew the risks going in.

What was the settlement? Was it money because Mansef was in the wrong and they knew it, or was it so Mansef would drop the counter suit? This could potentially be a game changer but they are not talking about it or correcting a report they claim is inaccurate.

Furthermore, the very company holding a Content Protection Retreat who gave the illusion of getting tough on piracy, now won't even release a statement about any of this?

A settlement was the main objective from the start anyway. Their only objective. Why people here thought this would really go through a full blown trial to a verdict is beyond me.

I didn't read the latest, but if they settled, that means mansef is (was) open for business, meaning everyone else in similar situation could go "tax" them for settlements via the bluff of a lawsuit.

Finally someone talks some sense around this thread. LOL.
Maybe the people taht think all the MAJOR studios should get together and WASTE their money on setting variable case law "non standards" should get their money together and wage WAR! GO ! We're rooting for YOU!
Make it happen big talkers!
Lets see you put your money where your mouth is
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They should have asked Robbie. Guy has few free sites and a TGP. He knows the shit.

You guys are missing the point.

Mansef was also suing THEM. So what was the settlement?

Was it to drop the counter suit, or was it for an actual monetary settlement? If it is the latter, than I think they should let us all know so we can line up and go after them as well.

How are they going to host an anti Piracy meeting if they didn't kick Mansef's balls in?

Did a search and found this which found this at avn, which contains a link to the actual Order of Discontinuance, thanks AVN.

From the OoD:
First thing to note is how short and undefined this is. This is basically a letter telling both parties that if they want to continue with whatever this action relates to, like a complaint for example or something the court asked for (see definition below) they need to file for restoration. Because they both agreed on something or didn't fulfill the requirements on something, this action is being discontinued to proceed on with something else. If they don't agree with that, they can file for restoration as long as the 'settlement, ie: whatever the terms are agreed on so far' are not modified in direct relation to this action.

The other thing to note is what an actual "Order of Discontinuance" is. It does not mean discontinue a court case. It means the stopping of legal action prior to trial, either voluntarily by the plaintiff or by order of the court. Source.

Other thing to note.. Trial is scheduled for March 2011 as per Allison.

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If they are winning monetary compensation for the theft, isn't that winning?
aka- kicking balls in!