May 20, 2017

Prenda’s John Steele has been disbarred

It is rather a minor news because it was totally expected. Also, this development is pale in comparison to the criminal action against John Steele and Paul Hansmeier — the…

December 29, 2016

Prenda indictment – with links

Undeniably, the criminal indictment of copyright trolls John Steele and Paul Hansmeier was the main positive event of 2016 for thousands of Prenda’s (as well as other trolls’) victims. Last…

December 16, 2016

Steele and Hansmeier have been finally indicted on fraud, money laundering charges

Teleport to the latest update   Sweet holiday gift. The masterminds of a porn extortion outfit Prenda — John Steele and Paul Hansmeier — are finally indicted (USA v. Hansmeier…

June 28, 2016

Malibu Media (X-Art) sues its former counsel Keith Lipscomb and his firm for professional negligence and breach of fiduciary duty

Today Malibu Media (a litigation shell of a hardcore “barely legal” pornography producer X-Art), represented by its new counsel, Pillar Law Group, filed a lawsuit in Central District of California…

June 15, 2016

What is next for Paul Hansmeier?

By drvandalia ¹ Paul Hansmeier So what is next for Paul Hansmeier? (For some reason, I really don’t care about John Steele anymore. Perhaps someone else can take up the…

May 14, 2016

Prenda’s Hansmeier asks court to deny motion for summary judgment because… opposing counsel buys Mercedes

As you may have noticed, I don’t write about Prenda anymore: my spare time is limited, and I prefer to spend it covering enemies of the society that are still…

May 03, 2015

Oral arguments in Prenda’s appeal to the Ninth Circuit: live video feed

Thyself shalt see the act: For, as thou urgest justice, be assur’d Thou shalt have justice more than thou desir’st. Shakespeare. The Merchant of Venice. Almost exactly two years ago…

November 26, 2014

Notes from the 11/20/2014 AF Holdings, LLC v. Patel hearing

The AF Holdings v Patel (GAND 12-cv-00262) Show Cause Hearing, which was abruptly interrupted by a snowstorm on the 1/28/2014 afternoon, was finally continued and concluded almost ten months later,…

August 04, 2014

Minnesota Appellate Court affirms $63K judgment against Prenda, questions Guava existence

When it rains, it pours. As if the last week total Prenda smackdown by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals was not enough, today Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed more…

April 30, 2014

Copyright trolls Lipscomb/Malibu Media follow Prenda’s lead – don’t pay court-imposed fines

It is ironic that copyright troll M. Keith Lipscomb cries on every corner that his gang is not like Prenda, yet he consistently continues following the lead of the self-proclaimed…