written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . december 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message voltage pictures type private industry film founded 2005 founder nicolas chartier headquarters los angeles united states products motion pictures divisions voltage productions website www.voltagepictures.com voltage pictures is a los angeles based american film financing production and distributing company founded by producer nicolas chartier . the company s first financed and produced film was the hurt locker which was nominated for nine academy awards and won six . on january 6 2011 it was announced that voltage s president chartier partnered with longtime hollywood gang productions executive craig flores to form voltage productions to produce large pictures set at studios and films in the 15 million 40 million budget range . 1 contents 1 copyright enforcement attempts 1.1 canada 1.2 australia 2 films 3 references 4 external links copyright enforcement attempts edit voltage pictures has a history of filing lawsuits with severe monetary penalties against individuals that it accuses of illegally sharing its movies online a practice commonly derided as copyright trolling by groups such as the electronic frontier foundation . 2 3 canada edit main article teksavvy voltage pictures v. does in november 2012 voltage pictures sought disclosure of personal information belonging to approximately 2000 customers of the canadian isp teksavvy that it alleged illegally downloaded movies based on data collected by the canadian anti piracy company canipre between september 1 2012 to october 31 2012 . 4 due to teksavvy s corporate policy of requiring court orders before releasing customer information for any reason voltage filed a statement of claim in canada s federal court voltage pictures llc v. john doe and jane doe seeking a court order for the release of the subscribers personal information including telephone numbers and email addresses . on february 21 2014 the federal court released its decision compelling teksavvy to identify the consumers identified by voltage as alleged downloaders while also implementing strong constraints on voltage . the court ruled that the demand letters sent by voltage to the specified consumers must first be approved by a federal court judge to ensure there is no inappropriate language and that any correspondence ... shall clearly state in bold type that no court has yet made a determination that such subscriber has infringed or is liable in any way for payment of damages . the court further limited voltage by requiring the company to pay teksavvy s legal costs and any costs associated with identifying the consumers and only permitting voltage to access the names and mailing addresses of the subscribers in question . 5 australia edit beginning in 2014 voltage pictures filed nearly 150 multi defendant john doe lawsuits against internet users identified only by their ip addresses alleging illegal downloading of dallas buyers club . 6 despite statutory damages claims of 150 000 users reported settling claims with the voltage for 5 000 to 8 000 . 7 8 in australia voltage attempted to aggressively enforce their copyrights by serving discovery orders on australian internet service providers isps through a subsidiary named dallas buyers club llc . iinet one of the isps served with a discovery application stated it has serious concerns that the film s makers will look to intimidate subscribers . steve dalby iinet s chief regulatory officer said we are concerned that our customers will be unfairly targeted to settle claims out of court using a practice called speculative invoicing . 9 information of up to 4 700 subscribers were being sought for allegedly downloading the film before its box office release . 10 in april 2015 an australian federal judge justice nye perram ruled that isps must hand over contact information related to the ip addresses associated with sharing the movie . 11 12 in august 2015 the australian federal court refused the application for film makers of dallas buyers club to force isps to hand over the details of their customers . the courts found that the contents of the letter proposed by the film makers to contact downloaders with were more demanding than deemed appropriate . the letter was found to ask for such details as salary and other films that were downloaded . 13 in december 2015 justice perram dismissed the dallas buyers club llc case against iinet entirely unless an appeal is made by february 16 . the judge remarked upon dbc s attempts to claim costs for a worldwide non exclusive distribution agreement concluding that dbc s contention was wholly unrealistic ; indeed i went so far as to describe it as surreal . 14 films edit 2008 the hurt locker 2009 a dangerous man 2010 the traveler 2010 the whistleblower 2010 born to raise hell 2010 game of death 2011 killer joe 2011 faces in the crowd 2012 rites of passage 2012 the magic of belle isle 2012 generation um ... 2012 the company you keep 2012 border run 2012 maximum conviction 2012 seal team six the raid on osama bin laden 2013 don jon 2013 empire state 2013 absolute deception 2013 the zero theorem 2013 dallas buyers club 2013 ambushed 2013 force of execution 2014 reasonable doubt 2014 puncture wounds 2014 a good man 2014 burying the ex 2014 good kill 2014 the cobbler 2014 playing it cool 2014 american heist 2015 fathers and daughters 2016 keep watching 2016 good kids 2016 going under 2016 colossal 2017 revolt references edit fleming jr mike january 6 2011 . nicolas chartier teams with hollywood gang s craig flores in production shingle . deadline.com . retrieved january 23 2015 . http www.oregonlive.com business index.ssf 2014 08 voltage pictures is back suing.html nazer daniel . australian court bans surreal copyright demands from dallas buyers club case shows need for reform of us copyright law . electronic frontier foundation . retrieved 19 december 2015 . voltage pictures llc statement of claim . retrieved july 2 2013 . the canadian press 21 february 2014 . teksavvy ordered to id alleged movie downloaders . cbc news . retrieved 21 february 2014 . dallas buyers club llc . retrieved 18 november 2015 . movie studio targets consumers for illegal downloads . nbc chicago . jessica oh kusa december 26 2014 . hundreds of coloradans sued by dallas buyers club maker . 9news . http blog.iinet.net.au not our kind of club lane sabra april 7 2015 . dallas buyers club decision could be scary and intimidating for some consumers says communications alliance ceo . retrieved april 8 2015 . dallas buyers club slays iinet in landmark piracy case . the sydney morning herald . dallas buyers club judgment internet providers must hand over customer details court rules . abc news . dallas buyers club federal court backs isps in row over illegal downloads . abc news . harry tucker 2015 12 17 . court throws out dallas buyers club piracy case . retrieved 2015 12 17 . external links edit official website voltage pictures at the internet movie database retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title voltage pictures & oldid 743513412 categories companies established in 2005film production companies of the united statescompanies based in los angeleshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from december 2015all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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