Guardaley
Yet another evidence that Germans run US trolling operations
GFY is a very active message board for adult webmasters and producers. One of the last year threads there (NSFW) discussed Prenda’s fiasco in Lightspeed v. Smith. Amid some local boneheads’ denial of the obvious, there were many rational voices calling Prenda’s practice by its real name: extortion. But the comment in question is not about Prenda at all. It’s more about German puppeteers that run Malibu Media, Voltage Pictures, Vision Films and other American shakedown theaters.
it was common practice in germany some years ago to set up a trap, have people download the stuff by P2P, track them down and send them nasty letters
some companies had specialized on that, they offered me a deal where that company, the lawyers and me get 33% each from the money they extorted from people that downloaded content from the trap in place
i refused, many others didnt.
The author is apparently the owner of amazingcontent.com (NSFW) — a wholesale adult content distributor, seemingly the rights holder. It’s heartwarming to see that even those who are understandably pissed off by proliferation of unauthorized copies of their content on the web, are not blindfolded by their anger and capable of telling right from wrong. It is ironic that smut producers have more dignity than certain purported Christians who easily take the golden bait from the fishing Satan.
Mounting proof of trolls’ seeding stuff in order to lure hapless file-sharers is troubling yet not unexpected. For example, the evidence of Guardaley seeding the Elf-Man movie is very compelling:
A list of the Vision Films movies uploaded to bittorrent by “HeroMaster.” Turns out the allegations at paragraph 45 of our Second Amended Answer, Affirmative Defenses and Counterclaims were just the tip of the iceberg. Not only did “HeroMaster” initially seed Elf Man and Blood Money before their public release, he/she also uploaded the majority of the Vision Films movies on the “APMC/Vision Films Schedule A” prior to their public release. So,it appears our suspicions are correct and coming to light: Vision Films uploads the movies and then Vision Films hires APMC to track and sue every one who takes the bait. You said our allegations of “barratry” were scandalous, but it appears they are true.
Also, Malibu’s clips appear in the wild merely 4-10 minutes after the release, and the XArt’s owners apparently close their eyes to this Baden-Württemberg sized hole.
So, I just wanted to draw attention to yet another red flag and suggest that Doe defenders and federal investigators start talking to rights holders and attorneys who had been approached by German racketeers to mount the final counter-action that will eventually wipe copyright trolls off.
Fight © Trolls 
And I promise to only make of few of the people who said I was making it up and lying, eat crow.
News flash, while there MIGHT be a couple of companies legitimately fighting copyright infringement, a large majority all seem to thrive on it continuing. If you are paying them to “stop” something to you stop “loosing” money… and it never stops and they are still getting paid… umm maybe perhaps their interests lie not in saving your content and profits but lining their own pockets.
I’m always available to give content holders ideas how to compete in the market.
You might not like what I have to say, because it means changing your business model… but I don’t have an ongoing interest in getting paid for “fixing” it. I want to improve the market, stop the trolling, and move on. I’ve got a day job, I’m just here to help. Doubt my motives if you want, but I’ve tried to help thousands of people… and never asked for anything. (well beyond a mention in a Judicial Footnote).
So stick with those who will help you as long as they get to keep 2 hands in your pockets, or risk someone who has been called a psychopath. At least my ideas won’t land you in jail as a party to extortion.
Assuming the usual split is 1/3 all around what happens when you throw in a National Counsel and an army of Local Counsels into the mix? Do the lawyers who do the most work take a lesser cut or is something else happening? Is this an unconscionable fee arrangement? Just asking.
If history is an indicator, many of the locals just stamp their name on docs sent from the mothership. They often aren’t expected to do much, and don’t anticipating doing much…. (ask Brett how that worked out).
I have a feeling they are getting paid a flat fee to file all the docs they are sent, and turn over anything returned to the motherships settlement machine.
The funny thing is how Lipscomb fakes running the whole thing. The guy should have been a magician with all the illusionary tricks up his sleeve.