SEX, BOMBS & BURGERS

There's an interesting case of double standards going on in South Korea, as it relates to prosecuting copyright pirates. A group of more than 50 American and Japanese porn producers are upset that authorities in the country don't take violations of their copyright as seriously as they do with mainstream entertainment companies. Well, duh.

According to Torrentfreak, the porn producers in July filed a complaint against 10,000 alleged uploaders with the South Korean authorities. Prosecutors in the country, however, only went after 10 of those individuals named. But when Haeundae, a Korean disaster movie (and we're not talking about the car), was leaked onto the internet at the end of August, police took swift action.

The porn producers have upped the ante by registering another complaint, this time against 65,000 alleged pirates. Where these violators are uploading to hasn't been disclosed, but it can be safely assumed that a large portion of the content is going to YouTube porn clones such as YouPorn and RedTube.

If the ratio of the previous complaint holds up, does this mean prosecutors will go after 65 individuals? It probably shouldn't surprise anyone that authorities are indeed applying double standards. After all, the public doesn't usually shed too many tears when they hear that porn producers are losing money.

A lot has been written about how the uploading and sharing of content is hurting the industry, which means producers are having to rethink how they do business. Some are going after file-sharers with lawsuits while others are trying to come up with ways to deliver content that can't be pirated.