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Dallas Buyers Club downloads: M1 passed customer details to law firm on court order
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Dallas Buyers Club downloads: M1 passed customer details to law firm on court order
SINGAPORE: Following a court order, M1 said it has disclosed customer information to a local law firm over alleged illegal movie downloads.
In response to queries from Channel NewsAsia, an M1 spokesperson said on Wednesday (Aprthat it disclosed customers names, NRIC numbers and addresses to Dallas Buyers Club LLC following a High Court order in January.
The telco was responding to reports that customers who allegedly made illegal downloads of the movie Dallas Buyers Club had received letters asking for compensation. The letters reportedly claimed that M1 had received a court order to reveal subscribers information to a law firm representing Dallas Buyers Club LLC.
M1 did not provide personal data of the affected customers to Dallas Buyers Club LLC when it first requested for the information, a spokesperson for the telco told Channel NewsAsia on Wednesday.
Dallas Buyers Club LLC subsequently applied for a hearing at the High Court. After hearing the parties, the Assistant Registrar of the High Court granted an order compelling M1 to disclose the names, NRIC numbers and physical addresses of the affected customers.
M1 has accordingly complied with this order."
STARHUB 'IN PROCESS OF COMPLYING'
Separately, StarHub on Wednesday told Channel NewsAsia that it had also received the High Court order.
We have received a High Court order to provide details of some customers based on particular IP addresses, and are in the process of complying with this court order, said Ms Caitlin Fua, Assistant Vice-President of corporate communications at StarHub.
StarHub added that it has engaged external litigation to act for the company, to "ensure that the plaintiffs claim is properly assessed by the High Court".
On Monday, internet service providers in Australia were forced to hand over the personal details of almost 5,000 users who were alleged to have shared the movie on online file-sharing networks such as BitTorrent. Similar action is being sought by Dallas Buyers Club LLC in the United States.
The movie, made on a US$5 million budget, won Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Makeup at the 86th Academy Awards in 2014.