June 11th, 2010 
Cliff Riseborough 
The legal process has begun churning forward as the suit against as many as 50,000 alleged downloaders of The Hurt Locker begins moving.
This week, thousands of people received settlement offers from Dunlap Grubb & Weaver, the legal firm working on behalf of Voltage Pictures in bringing this litigation forward. Dunlap Grubb & Weaver is offering to settle out of court with any and all individuals at once for $1,500 apiece, $2,500 if they wait.
With many people confused about what this means or what their rights are, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has offered their help in getting legal aid to those who need it. As well, an Arizona law firm called White Berberian has indicated on their web site that they are interested in defending those accused of file sharing as well. From their site :
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