September 25, 2011

Short break

Sorry for not keeping up. I’m traveling now and will be back early next week. I read everything (Twitter, emails, blogs etc.) but I’m not used to typing long texts…

September 22, 2011

Copyright trolls must be proud to have Kenneth Ford in their club

Kenneth Ford ArsTechnica has recently published Nate’s Anderson’s article about Kenneth Ford, one of the most “famous” West Virginia copyright trolls: “How a troubled West Virginia lawyer foisted a Teen…

September 19, 2011

Nicholas Ranallo offers inexpensive legal help to p2p defendants

If you read TorrentFreak regularly, you probably did not miss a recent discussion about accountability of open WiFi owners whose internet accounts were used for file sharing by someone else…

September 08, 2011

Beware of wolves in sheep’s clothing

It’s all started with a comment on one of this blog’s articles (the original spelling has been preserved): It really really stinks but people are getting sued all over the…

September 08, 2011

Received a letter from ISP or troll? Take a deep breath and read

This post was written by TAC. You probably know him and his well-articulated, colorful and precise comments if you read tech blogs such as TechDirt or TorrentFreak. Enjoy. Hello campers,…

September 07, 2011

Judges start to understand the wrongs of “copyright trolling” model

As expected by many, judge Zimmerman has practically dismissed (all the Does except one were severed) the On the Cheap v. Does 1-5011 case filed by copyright troll Ira Siegel…

September 05, 2011

Is there honor among trolls?

I was reading various mass file-sharing lawsuit complaints recently and found out that they are heavily copied from each other. I was daydreaming how wonderful it could be if copyright…

September 04, 2011

An overlooked troll lawsuit: “Baseprotect UG, Ltd. v. John Does 1-X”

I want to bring to your attention a rather unusual copyright troll lawsuit that is not covered by press yet, “Baseprotect UG, Ltd. v. John Does 1-X”, 2:11-cv-03621-CCC-JAD, filed in…

September 02, 2011

Case “IO Group v. Does 1-50 Inclusive” has been voluntarily dismissed

One of few remaining IO Group v. Does cases was voluntarily dismissed this week. Congratulations to those victims who did not succumb to threats. This case was dismissed without prejudice,…

September 02, 2011

Why you shouldn’t heed an advice just because it was given by a licensed attorney

You can come up with a short answer to this question yourself after reading this wonderful quote from the movie The King’s Speech: Lionel Logue: [as George “Berty” is lighting…