BitTorrent, Bad Evidence, and the Boundaries of Norwich Orders
While the film Hellboy: The Crooked Man delivers on-screen horror-superhero thrills, the production company faced drama off-screen over its copyright litigation. In Hellboy Productions v Doe #1 , Associate Judge John Cotter of the Federal Court of Canada rejected a motion by a film studio seeking to compel disclosure of identities of internet subscribers allegedly involved in infringing copyright in its film. The Court dismissed the motion because Hellboy failed to show that it had a bona...
