----------------------------------- aiolos Wed 26 Jul, 2006 MPAA sues multimillionaire that is ready to fight ----------------------------------- Last November, Shawn Hogan received an unsettling call: A lawyer representing Universal Pictures and the Motion Picture Association of America informed the 30-year-old software developer that they were suing him for downloading Meet the Fockers over BitTorrent. Hogan was baffled. Not only does he deny the accusation, he says he already owned the film on DVD. The attorney said they would settle for $2,500. Hogan declined. Now he’s embroiled in a surprisingly rare situation – a drawn-out legal fight with the MPAA. As Jonzap mentions, Hogan is definately a man of means, as former CEO of Digital Point Solutions, he just happens to be a multimillionaire. The $100,000 that he expects to pay in legal fees, to fight this charge from the MPAA, is worth every cent in his eyes. Mr. Hogan, like many others, realizes that the tactics used by these "artists associations" are an abuse of he legal system and he is going to do his best to fight it. Hogan says. “I would spend well into the millions on this.” ----------------------------------- kap Wed 26 Jul, 2006 ----------------------------------- hahahah what a cool guy!!! i would do that too.. if i had the money anyways keep us posted what happens in the case ----------------------------------- aiolos Thu 27 Jul, 2006 Re: MPAA sues multimillionaire that is ready to fight ----------------------------------- It will be very interesting because none of these cases has ever reached a trial. The American legal system is based on established precedent (unlike most European systems that are French-based), so a good decision in this trial would be a serious blow to the scare tactics of the MPAA.