Tucsonan sued in film download

[Jared Moya]

A suit filed in U.S. District Court in Arizona Thursday alleges that William Homer, 41, illegally downloaded the 2005 movies "Are We There Yet?" and "Hitch" on March 25 from the Internet via the BearShare file-sharing program.  Both movies were in theaters at the time. Homer said Thursday he didn't know how to download movies from the Web, and his neighbor coaxed him into downloading the movies onto his computer because using BearShare "would be perfectly legal to do."  Though owning and using a copy of applications such as BearShare is legal, downloading movies from a peer-to-peer network is not, even if a small fee is attached to the download. Music downloads are different, as many file-sharing companies have agreements with music labels. No movie studio to date has allowed downloads.

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[Arch Stanton]

Isn't that just like a Tusconian to say something like that.

[axlman]

I wish that the people who write these articles would get their story right! You don't get Sued for "Downloading", you get Sued for "Uploading".

[black_magiic]

Well I don't think he should be getting sued for those movies. I don't know about hitch, but as far as the other movie goes he should be commended for taking active steps to ensure that more movies like that don't get made. That could have been by far one of the worst movies ever made.

[Lehk]

his punishment should be to be forced to watch both movies

[fleecy]

geez, the guy has lousy taste and he's being forced to pay for it...

[Signa]

just say he has a wireless network that some one used without his permission. i know the MPAA wont care, but in a court of law, there has to be more solid evedince against him. no resonable judge will say "oh he *probably* did it" when half of judges dont even know how to access the p2p service.