## “Filmmaker” suing PassThePopcorn may be banned user out for revenge Allegedly fake filmmaker targeted trackers like PassThePopcorn, BroadcasTheNet, and HDBits. Some of the most widely used private torrent trackers for pirating movies suspect that a banned user may have posed as a filmmaker protecting copyrights in a failed attempt to seek revenge. TorrentFreak has been tracking this story closely, reporting last September that an alleged independent filmmaker named Matthew Schneider sued six private trackers for infringing copyrights on some films that he supposedly made. Trackers targeted…