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…
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June 10, 2016
The Ninth Circuit affirms fee award imposed by Judge Wright against Prenda principals three years ago
A long awaited ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is out. Circuit Judges Harry Pregerson, Richard Tallman, and Jacqueline Nguyen affirmed district court’s award of…
April 06, 2016
Judge Alsup benchslaps Malibu Media’s attorneys, kills 15 cases
In September 2015 fresh-out-of-school attorneys Brenna Erlbaum and Brian Heit took the dollar bill bait and subscribed to a reputation-killing job of doing errands for an international copyright shakedown cartel…
April 01, 2016
Malibu Media drops the case after its expert found dozens of X-Art videos on defendant’s hard drive
The majority of Malibu Media / X-Art shakedown cases end in early stages — either because a defendant succumbs to FUD and pays the ransom, or Libscomb / Malibu drop…
March 20, 2016
Malibu Media well-oiled shakedown machine hits a roadblock: two California judges deny early discovery
Usually, when I observe an “Order on motion for ex-parte discovery” in the court filings feed, I don’t bother to check: with a 99% probability a copyright troll’s ex-parte request…
March 11, 2016
Judge Alsup denies defendants’ motions while expressing doubt about the strength of Malibu Media’s lawsuits
I was writing an update to one of my posts about the copyright trolling situation in California, but one particular paragraph of today’s Judge Alsup’s order swayed me into writing…
March 07, 2016
Six months after Malibu Media re-infested California: some statistics
Tomorrow will be exactly six months since Guardaley | Lipscomb | X-Art started re-infesting California with a help from their local attorneys Brenna Erlbaum and Brian Heit. Over the weekend…
March 06, 2016
Defendant opposes Malibu Media’s brazen attempt to cut and run without compensating wrongly accused
On Friday, on behalf of his client [John Doe] (OHSD 14-cv-00821), Jason Sweet filed an opposition to Malibu Media’s motion to dismiss the case without prejudice. Malibu’s motion was filed…
March 01, 2016
Malibu Media’s obstruction of discovery prompts a powerful motion for default judgment
Guardaley | Lipscomb | X-Art wants every one of its cases to be as simple as this: threaten a defendant with the prospect of telling neighbors about the accusations of…
February 28, 2016
Yet another proof that X-Art doesn’t care about reducing piracy as much as about shaking down alleged file-sharers
Today the defendant in Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 98.207.153.167 (CAND 15-cv-04173 — from the first batch of Malibu’s 2015 California cases) has filed his…
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