Software Pirate Denounces Piracy In a Video

Must have 200,000 views to avoid paying damages

[engine]

That's definitely an unusual punishment. Will it work and put off others?
It seems the video has achieved the minimum set down by the agreement.

The man, named only as Jakub F, will be spared having to pay hefty damages - as long as a film denouncing piracy he was made to produce gets 200,000 views.

He came to the out-of-court settlement with a host of firms whose software he pirated after being convicted by a Czech court. In return, they agreed not to sue him. Software Pirate Denounces Piracy In a Video [bbc.co.uk]

[graeme_p]

I doubt it. Everyone who sees it will do so because they have read a story about it, so they will know he is saying what he was forced to say it, and he is not going to be able to say anything that has not been said before so it is not going to convince anyone. The threat of public humiliation may be a deterrent to some, but how often is this going to happen?

[engine]

Most of the times you just hear that they got a prison sentence, or fined, or whatever, and then you hear no more.
I'd agree, graeme_p, but perhaps the authorities are trying to show an example. I'm not sure this is likely to work to influence the majority of pirates because they work on the basis that they won't get caught.

[graeme_p]

@engine, one minor correction, this is not a deal agreed with the authorities, with the Business Software Alliance.

[engine]

Ahhh, true, thanks for the correction.

[lucy24]

Seems like it would depend entirely on where the viewers come from in the first place. If all links to the video are from news articles explaining the situation, viewers would intentionally not follow the link if they particularly wanted him to be penalized in some meaningful way ... or they would tell all their friends to watch, if they particularly didn't want him to be etcetera.

Do the 200,000 people have to watch all the way through to the end, or just load it up and watch five seconds of advertising?

Can I assume that the 200,000 have to be unique? Would that mean roommates don't count?

[keyplyr]

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[3zero]

Can I assume that the 200,000 have to be unique? Would that mean roommates don't count?

I am sure he will bump up those pageviews with a few proxies