Maybe a factor is that the goal of raising $250,000 for a record wasn't that enticing. It's not like you're helping a struggling artist raise $50k for a record. $250k is a pretty healthy budget. Hard to rally the troops, in conjunction with crazy prices, for a target that certainly has more than some fluff in it.
To be fair, the article doesn't mention if Sarkozy is kicking himself off the internet or not.
Well, the case was dropped because both the theater operator and the producer have to agree and the producer didn't bother; so the prosecutors dropped their case.
My question remains though - why was the theater owner so adamant in pressing charges? What's in it for them?
Wow, I'll never look at my space heater the same way again...
Other than the classic Streisand effect, what's the brew-ha-ha here?
It's not like Yahoo! is selling data to whoever asks. It still requires a court order and wants to be recouped the overhead of complying. You can argue the price points, I guess. But, not for charging.
What's the theater's interest in pressing charges? Do they get some sort of bounty from a movie lobby or something?
Oh, I thought this post was going to be how the 419 scammers were losing money to people pirating their scam email content.
And we all know that a potential Oscar nomination could in no way have helped any sales what so ever.