August 27, 2014
Copyright troll Yousef Faroniya and his telephonophobia
Would you hire an attorney who is afraid to pick up the phone when an opposing counsel is calling? Me neither. Last week I was happy to find out that…
Would you hire an attorney who is afraid to pick up the phone when an opposing counsel is calling? Me neither. Last week I was happy to find out that…
Yesterday defense attorney Francisco Ferreiro appealed a federal court’s decision denying attorney fees in Malibu Media v. Leo Pelizzo (FLSD 12-cv-22768). To the best of my knowledge, this is the…
There are many good responses to copyright trolls’ activities these days. This opposition to Malibu Media’s attempt to game the courts by filing a last-minute motion for enlargement of time…
Copyright shakedown is a disease that affects a vital organ — federal courts, and we are currently in the midst of an epidemic. Some virus mutations, like Prendavirus, have been…
This development in one of the porn trolling cases — Malibu Media v Gerald Shekoski (MIED 13-cv-12217) — is not too dramatic, yet interesting. Defendant’s motion for protective order regarding…
Can granting a motion for default judgment be a benchslap at the same time? Apparently. Seeing people punishing themselves by not replying to trolls’ accusations makes me sad, very sad….
A recent infestation of the Ohio state by the copyright troll Guardaley/Malibu Media/Lipscomb (via a local hungry attorney Yousef Faroniya) did not amuse certain judges in the Southern District. On…
Sometimes you need to be a bully to beat a bully. James McGibney Reading Malibu Media’s motion to compel the defendant to answer interrogatory questions (Malibu Media v. Jason Pontello,…
It is always sad to observe default judgments against copyright trolls’ targets. There were troublingly many such orders recently. While some are the result of a faulty or outright fraudulent…
First TorrentFreak, then ArsTechnica noticed very troublesome developments¹: Malibu Media, the most damaging copyright troll today, was given a green light to subpoena Comcast for Malibu victims’ “six strike” data…