October 25, 2012

Nick Ranallo to Prenda: “Put your money where your mouth is”

A must-follow strategy Every time I see Nick Ranallo’s work, I want to take off my hat. John Steele, annoyed by too much truth being publicized about his shady practices,…

August 27, 2012

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne encourages copyright troll victims to file complaints with his office

A month ago, KGUN9-TV (Tucson, Arizona) aired a program about copyright trolls. Anchor/reporter Tammy Vo, while talking about a mother of two Jenny Phan, an apparently innocent victim of a…

August 20, 2012

Another day, another defendant is fighting back

I would like to bring a new addition to my page “Counter actions against trolls” to your attention. You remember a recently widely covered event, when a pro se defendant…

August 03, 2012

A disabled victim of a copyright troll threatens to kill himself

TAC has pointed to a Slashdot story (reprinted below) of Prenda’s victim, a disabled guy who can commit an irreversible action if we don’t help him. Words fail me. You…

July 13, 2012

Lightspeed Media v. John Doe: a must-read motion written by a real IP attorney

Despite the involvement of the Illinois Supreme Court, Ligtspeed Media Corporation v. Doe frivolous case is not dead yet. No doubt, Steele’s evil mind and Jones’s arrogant irrationality work around…

July 04, 2012

Judge Wright is so right: copyright trolling is “essentially an extortion scheme”

By Raul After reading DieTrollDie’s post regarding how troll Leemore Kushner plays loose and fast with Local Rule 83-1.3 by refusing to file notices of related cases with her shitload…

July 03, 2012

Lightspeed Media Corp. v. John Doe, St. Clair county 11-L-683: A behind-the-scenes look (and it ain’t pretty)

By Raul On June 27th the Illinois Supreme Court issued a Supervisory Order vacating Judge LeChien’s orders of May 21st and allowing the moving ISPs’ motion to quash. How did…

July 02, 2012

Illinois Supreme Court intervenes in the farcical Lightspeed v. Doe case, slaps the judge on the wrist

This is huge. As ArsTechnica reports today, on June 27th Illinois Supreme Court nixed the latest porn trolling scheme brought forward by infamous copyright troll John Steele (Prenda Law) in…

June 20, 2012

Judge senses abuse, bars troll McIntyre from using Doe contact information

Remember how Texas judge Lynn N. Hughes lashed copyright troll McIntyre over his sloppiness (and, although judge never said it explicitly, douchbaggery)? Remember an amusing line “The court is not…

May 05, 2012

Lightspeed Media v. John Doe: a quick follow up Q & A

By Raul Disclaimer: This post in a way constitutes legal advice but is being submitted for discussion purposes only. Since my last post regarding this matter, Does have been receiving…