Lawsuit planned for Hurt Locker pirates

Last updated 09:37 14/05/2010

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Producers of the Oscar-winning film The Hurt Locker are about to hit people who illegally downloaded the movie with a massive lawsuit.

Thomas Dunlap, a lawyer acting for Voltage Pictures, told The Hollywood Reporter that tens of thousands of individuals who used BitTorrent to acquire the movie are in the firing line.

The movie, which was made for a US$15 million and - as of March - had taken only US$19 million in box office takings worldwide, first leaked on to the internet five months before its release.

The Hurt Locker - winner of six Oscars, including best film - tells the story of a young soldier in a US Army bomb disposal unit in Baghdad in 2004.

Dunlap told The Hollywood Reporter that the lawsuit would also cover other Voltage pictures, including Personal Effects, starring Ashton Kutcher.

The lawyers intend to subpoena ISP records to match IP addresses with illegal activities on BitTorrent.

People unearthed in the discovery process will then be given the chance to settle outside court or face the consequences.

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