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Odex's head office at International Plaza, where the out-of-court settlements to the company by alleged downloaders were made
Odex's actions against file-sharing took place between early 2007 and January 2008. The Singaporean company Odex tracked the IP addresses of people believed to be downloading anime and threatened legal action against them. Odex alleged that they had infringed its copyrights by downloading its licensed anime using the BitTorrent network. Between May and August 2007, two of three subpoenas issued to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), compelling them to reveal the identities of subscribers, were determined by the Subordinate Courts to be justified. This led to the issuance of pre-litigation letters from Odex to numerous users; the youngest was nine years old.<sup id="cite_ref-aug2np_0-0" class="reference">[1]</sup>
More than a third of the people who received the letters settled out of court for at least S$3,000 (US$2,000) each. This attracted international attention due to the similar action taken by the Recording Industry Association of America in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-arstechnica_1-0" class="reference">[2]</sup> Odex's actions were considered controversial by the Singaporean anime community because its members perceived them to be sudden and heavy-handed; this led to much criticism of the company.<sup id="cite_ref-aug16sta_2-0" class="reference">[3]</sup> Subsequently, Odex revised its strategy; instead of letters, it sent cease and desist emails to downloaders in Singapore.<sup id="cite_ref-zdnetd_3-0" class="reference">[4]</sup> In November 2007 such emails were unintentionally sent to several Internet users in other countries.<sup id="cite_ref-annintldnov_4-0" class="reference">[5]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-npnov21_5-0" class="reference">[6]</sup>
On 23 August 2007, Odex lost its lawsuit against Internet Service Provider Pacific Internet (now known as Pacnet) to compel it to reveal the identities of 1,000 subscribers. District Judge Earnest Lau ruled that Odex's evidence failed to meet legal requirements for the release of such information, especially as the company was the exclusive licensee for only one anime title.<sup id="cite_ref-zdnetb_6-0" class="reference">[7]</sup> Upon an appeal by Odex to the High Court in January 2008, Justice Woo Bih Li ruled that Pacific Internet had to release the information directly to Japanese anime studios and the copyright owners. District Judge Lau's previous ruling, which had denied Odex this information, was upheld.<sup id="cite_ref-zdnete_7-0" class="reference">[8]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-jan31np_8-0" class="reference">[9]</sup> Beginning in August 2008, two of these anime studios initiated legal action directly against downloaders.<sup id="cite_ref-ann-stargateaug14_9-0" class="reference">[10]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-newpaperaug28_10-0" class="reference">[11]</sup> <table id="toc" class="toc" summary="Contents"> <tbody><tr> <td>
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odex's_actions_against_file_sharing
Odex's actions against file-sharing
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(Redirected from Odex's actions against file sharing)
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Odex's head office at International Plaza, where the out-of-court settlements to the company by alleged downloaders were made
Odex's actions against file-sharing took place between early 2007 and January 2008. The Singaporean company Odex tracked the IP addresses of people believed to be downloading anime and threatened legal action against them. Odex alleged that they had infringed its copyrights by downloading its licensed anime using the BitTorrent network. Between May and August 2007, two of three subpoenas issued to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), compelling them to reveal the identities of subscribers, were determined by the Subordinate Courts to be justified. This led to the issuance of pre-litigation letters from Odex to numerous users; the youngest was nine years old.<sup id="cite_ref-aug2np_0-0" class="reference">[1]</sup>
More than a third of the people who received the letters settled out of court for at least S$3,000 (US$2,000) each. This attracted international attention due to the similar action taken by the Recording Industry Association of America in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-arstechnica_1-0" class="reference">[2]</sup> Odex's actions were considered controversial by the Singaporean anime community because its members perceived them to be sudden and heavy-handed; this led to much criticism of the company.<sup id="cite_ref-aug16sta_2-0" class="reference">[3]</sup> Subsequently, Odex revised its strategy; instead of letters, it sent cease and desist emails to downloaders in Singapore.<sup id="cite_ref-zdnetd_3-0" class="reference">[4]</sup> In November 2007 such emails were unintentionally sent to several Internet users in other countries.<sup id="cite_ref-annintldnov_4-0" class="reference">[5]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-npnov21_5-0" class="reference">[6]</sup>
On 23 August 2007, Odex lost its lawsuit against Internet Service Provider Pacific Internet (now known as Pacnet) to compel it to reveal the identities of 1,000 subscribers. District Judge Earnest Lau ruled that Odex's evidence failed to meet legal requirements for the release of such information, especially as the company was the exclusive licensee for only one anime title.<sup id="cite_ref-zdnetb_6-0" class="reference">[7]</sup> Upon an appeal by Odex to the High Court in January 2008, Justice Woo Bih Li ruled that Pacific Internet had to release the information directly to Japanese anime studios and the copyright owners. District Judge Lau's previous ruling, which had denied Odex this information, was upheld.<sup id="cite_ref-zdnete_7-0" class="reference">[8]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-jan31np_8-0" class="reference">[9]</sup> Beginning in August 2008, two of these anime studios initiated legal action directly against downloaders.<sup id="cite_ref-ann-stargateaug14_9-0" class="reference">[10]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-newpaperaug28_10-0" class="reference">[11]</sup> <table id="toc" class="toc" summary="Contents"> <tbody><tr> <td>
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