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 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…