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Ben Dover Productions · 01-07-2013, 02:50 PM

As I write this on the evening of the 21st December 2012, it is with some relief that I notice the world did not in fact come to an end earlier today and predictions of the end of days were indeed premature.

It would of course been somewhat upsetting to have fought so hard and invested so much time and money in obtaining today's High Court judgment that GoldenEye cannot only pursue alleged infringers of our brand Ben Dover's copyrighted material, but are also able to act for other content owners to assist them in protecting their material, only for Armageddon to have pitched up at the last minute and ruin it for everybody!

With life as we know it set to continue for the foreseeable future, I look forward to travelling to adult conferences in LA and Vegas in early January to offer GoldenEye?s services to other producers with a view to helping them protect their brands? copyright in The UK.

Today's positive judgment, which was delivered by three senior Lord Justices is very much a bittersweet moment.

In some respects GoldenEye finds itself back where it was two years ago, having correctly followed legal procedure after submitting technical evidence that has been accepted by the courts that there is an arguable case that Ben Dover and other rights holders content that we represent has been infringed by Internet users on file sharing networks, and consequently obtaining the names and addresses of these alleged infringers.

Two years ago these cases were merely procedural and heard on paper without any formal hearings. This judgment has been debated by leading barristers, funded by government organizations and presided over by some of the most eminent judges in the UK.

The delay has been caused by the debacle that was ACS Law and it's proprietor Andrew Crossly, who tainted a very simple message - that rights holders such as Ben Dover and other adult and mainstream producers have every right to protect their content and livelihood from Internet thieves.

Although the existence of ACS Law has no doubt delayed GoldenEye's crusade to protect content producers rights, and increased our legal costs hugely, the positives are that the ground breaking legal cases we have fought have highlighted the decimation the creative industries are suffering due to Internet copyright infringements.
As I've stated several times, despite misguided accusations, I am not a solicitor and have never undertaken any formal legal training.

Since I have personally funded this project; no taxpayer?s money has been made available to us, I have taken a keen interest in the court proceedings.

I am therefore delighted that the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of GoldenEye, despite my confusion that the initial ruling allowed us to act for Ben Dover, but fell short in granting the right to protect the other producers that I represent.
Having now studied the case, I'd like to say that there was more chance of the end of the world occurring on Dec 21st than GoldenEye losing this appeal!

Adult content is legal in the UK and should be given the same rights as mainstream films. However, in reality, I believe there is always going to be a bias against this genre of film.85% of computers exhibit porn history, although 90% of users will preach against it. This makes me wonder; if GoldenEye represented the interests of mainstream producers, would there have been such a long and expensive legal process that ultimately has resulted in the same outcome as the quicker inexpensive procedure???????

So, although in legal terms we are actually no further forward than in 2010, GoldenEye has now been successful after being subjected to the most severe legal scrutinies, combined with bias and manipulation from some areas of the press, and mistruths and lies from faceless ?Keyboard Ninjas? in several Internet forums.

One final thought on the demise of the Mayan calendar; maybe they were predicting the end..... the end of Internet thieves in the UK on the 21St December 2012!!!!!

01-07-2013, 02:50 PM
Ben Dover Productions Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 8	The High Court Rules in favour of Ben Dover As I write this on the evening of the 21st December 2012, it is with some relief that I notice the world did not in fact come to an end earlier today and predictions of the end of days were indeed premature. It would of course been somewhat upsetting to have fought so hard and invested so much time and money in obtaining today's High Court judgment that GoldenEye cannot only pursue alleged infringers of our brand Ben Dover's copyrighted material, but are also able to act for other content owners to assist them in protecting their material, only for Armageddon to have pitched up at the last minute and ruin it for everybody! With life as we know it set to continue for the foreseeable future, I look forward to travelling to adult conferences in LA and Vegas in early January to offer GoldenEye?s services to other producers with a view to helping them protect their brands? copyright in The UK. Today's positive judgment, which was delivered by three senior Lord Justices is very much a bittersweet moment. In some respects GoldenEye finds itself back where it was two years ago, having correctly followed legal procedure after submitting technical evidence that has been accepted by the courts that there is an arguable case that Ben Dover and other rights holders content that we represent has been infringed by Internet users on file sharing networks, and consequently obtaining the names and addresses of these alleged infringers. Two years ago these cases were merely procedural and heard on paper without any formal hearings. This judgment has been debated by leading barristers, funded by government organizations and presided over by some of the most eminent judges in the UK. The delay has been caused by the debacle that was ACS Law and it's proprietor Andrew Crossly, who tainted a very simple message - that rights holders such as Ben Dover and other adult and mainstream producers have every right to protect their content and livelihood from Internet thieves. Although the existence of ACS Law has no doubt delayed GoldenEye's crusade to protect content producers rights, and increased our legal costs hugely, the positives are that the ground breaking legal cases we have fought have highlighted the decimation the creative industries are suffering due to Internet copyright infringements. As I've stated several times, despite misguided accusations, I am not a solicitor and have never undertaken any formal legal training. Since I have personally funded this project; no taxpayer?s money has been made available to us, I have taken a keen interest in the court proceedings. I am therefore delighted that the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of GoldenEye, despite my confusion that the initial ruling allowed us to act for Ben Dover, but fell short in granting the right to protect the other producers that I represent. Having now studied the case, I'd like to say that there was more chance of the end of the world occurring on Dec 21st than GoldenEye losing this appeal! Adult content is legal in the UK and should be given the same rights as mainstream films. However, in reality, I believe there is always going to be a bias against this genre of film.85% of computers exhibit porn history, although 90% of users will preach against it. This makes me wonder; if GoldenEye represented the interests of mainstream producers, would there have been such a long and expensive legal process that ultimately has resulted in the same outcome as the quicker inexpensive procedure??????? So, although in legal terms we are actually no further forward than in 2010, GoldenEye has now been successful after being subjected to the most severe legal scrutinies, combined with bias and manipulation from some areas of the press, and mistruths and lies from faceless ?Keyboard Ninjas? in several Internet forums. One final thought on the demise of the Mayan calendar; maybe they were predicting the end..... the end of Internet thieves in the UK on the 21St December 2012!!!!!