July 15, 2011
Don’t let go your banana, Troll!
Monkey trap (plural monkey traps) (literally, probably folk-lore) A cage containing a banana with a hole large enough for a monkey’s hand to fit in, but not large enough for…
Posts filed under Extortion
July 14, 2011
Defendant objects dismissal
There is an interesting development in IO Group v. Does 1-50 Inclusive case. David Salery is one of the few defendants who are actively fighting: he filed the Motion to…
July 12, 2011
10,000 page hits
This blog has reached 10,000th page hit yesterday. Thank you for reading, commenting and contributing. Many victims of the extortion scheme considered paying ransoms. I hope that at least some…
July 12, 2011
Proper way of replying to frivolous claims
The Answer to the First Amended Complaint in our case (IO Group v. Does 1-244) was filed by Sthephen Thomas on behalf of defendant Chun Rong Zheng (Doe # 26)…
July 04, 2011
Do not feed the troll
Below is a comment to one of my recent posts, “Eighth Amendment and copyright trolls”. This comment is very thoughtful and deserves to be a separate post. Thank you for…
June 29, 2011
Eighth Amendment and copyright trolls
Ever since Mr. Sperlein rudely trespassed my life, I couldn’t help thinking about the reasons why this type of extortion business flourishes these days. I came to an obvious conclusion,…
June 28, 2011
Fight copyright trolls together with EFF
EFF is asking for your help. I contacted EFF couple of times, and it was obvious from their replies that they would love to help extortion victims, but their resources…
June 24, 2011
Unclean hands doctrine
businessdictionary.com: Dirty hands doctrine. Legal principle that a participant in a wrongful act may not recover damages resulting from it (may not sue the other participants in the wrongful act)….
June 23, 2011
Deception in court. Part II: Non-existent requirement in AT&T TOS
In his amended complaint (IO Group v. Does 1-244) Mr. Sperlein lists 5 causes of action: Copyright Infringement 17 U.S.C. §501 Contributory Copyright Infringement Vicarious Copyright Infringement Civil Conspiracy Negligence…
June 23, 2011
A judge in California tells a troll to file a separate case for each Doe
Embedded below are the orders for two Boy Racer Inc. cases: 5:11-cv-02328-PSG Document 8 5:11-cv-02329-PSG Document 8 Thumbs up, Judge Grewal! We clearly see: you do stand for justice….
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