November 01, 2011

Another IO Group’s troll case is over, only one is left

I mentioned IO Group v. Somoza case a couple of times. That’s the case where Sperlein and his New Jersey proxies (who are currently being investigated for fraud) sued a…

October 31, 2011

An excellent paper: “Copyright Infringement in Cyberspace – Decoding Strict Liability”

One of the readers spotted an excellent paper written by a DC attorney Guity Deyhimy, “Copyright Infringement in Cyberspace – Decoding Strict Liability.” This paper was published in the Journal…

October 29, 2011

“MCGIP is Steele Hansmeier’s baby Righthaven” – Nicholas Ranallo says

Nicholas Ranallo wrote a very interesting article about Steele Hansmeier and MCGIP for TorrentFreak on September 23. I linked to that article many times, but today I thought it would…

October 21, 2011

Another victory in Virginia

Following judge Gibney’s order, another Virginia judge, Tommy E. Miller trashed a similar mass p2p porn lawsuit by a Virginia troll, Timothy V. Anderson (the same attorney who undersigned Steele…

October 18, 2011

Trolls in panic: Steele Hansmeier files an amicus brief trying to prevent the inevitable downfall of the US trolls

Recently I wrote about judge Gibney ordering a minor troll Wayne O’Bryan to show cause why his mass file-sharing lawsuits are not frivolous and as such, why he shouldn’t be…

October 18, 2011

Twitter, why do you insult me?

Twitter thinks that I’m similar to Aaron Kotzker. I would prefer to be similar to Al Capone, the latter at least honestly admitted that he was an extortionist; and he…

October 14, 2011

Do you still think that talking to plaintiff’s lawyer is a good idea?

I’m never tired of repeating over and over again that talking to plaintiff’s attorney (a copyright troll) directly, not through your own lawyer, is not only a questionable idea, but…

October 07, 2011

Judge Alsup grants 20K default judgment against two alleged file-sharers

IO Group v. Does 1-244 case, which I have been a part of, is effectively over. Today federal judge William Alsup ruled in plaintiff’s favor and entered the final default…

October 06, 2011

Judge’s opinion: Mass p2p lawsuits are frivolous

Noticeably, I’ve been busy over the last couple of weeks and did not cover many significant events in the p2p litigation world. Fortunately, other people were on top of that….

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…