Legal Question in Intellectual Property in California

My 15 years old use Vuze to watch legal shows. Then when searching for a show, she got hit by a porn movie. Until downloading is done, she realize what it is, and delete it right away. Today I got a mail from a law firm regarding to my ip address that used for an infringer movie that my daughter accident downloaded, they ask for a settle amount. Since I am an account holder so they put my name on the letter, but my daughter wants to take that responsibility for her accident mistake by admit it to the copy right holder and willing to pay for the copyright holder $20.00 per month for maximum 02 years, because her allowance is only $4.00 a day. Do you think she can do this by law. Thanks


Asked on 4/07/12, 8:46 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Nancy Delain Delain Law Office, PLLC

The copyright owner is not likely to agree to a long-term payment for the length of time it would take to pay off a settlement agreement (which is likely to be a pretty significant amount of money); it's your IP address, and you are responsible for that which occurs on your account. You are the one who would be held liable for the infringement in court. However, your daughter can � and should � pay you back for any amount you end up paying the copyright holder. That would be an agreement between you and her.

Hire an attorney who concentrates in copyright law in your area to help you deal with this. Copyright infringement is NOT do-it-yourself law.

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Answered on 4/07/12, 11:33 pm


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