February 07, 2014

X-Art/Malibu Media sues alleged file-sharers over illegally produced videos

If you want to live in the United States you must abide by the laws of this country, no more, no less. From a comment by Colette Field, X-Art’s co-owner…

January 23, 2014

The Pitfalls of Porn End-User Copyright Litigation

This thoughtful op-ed first appeared in XBIZ World and XBIZ.com on 1/16/2014. I’m always happy to hear sane voices from inside the adult industry. By Q. Boyer The other morning,…

January 14, 2014

How to topple the troll? Follow the money!

On Saturday I wrote about difficulties that defense encounters in trying to get documents from copyright troll Malibu Media / X-Art (M. Keith Lipscomb). My belief is that resistance to…

January 13, 2014

Defense attorney asks to sanction Malibu Media and Mary Schulz for unethical witness’ contingency interest

When simultaneously handling hundreds of lawsuits that wouldn’t sustain without concealment of essential information, it is inevitable that earlier or later a devastating slip of the tongue will occur. I…

January 11, 2014

Lipscomb & X-Art have a lot to hide. And a lot to fear

Copyright troll M. Keith Lipscomb sits on damning evidence. It was clear more than a year ago — when he settled with Jeff Fantalis to avoid devastating discovery — after…

January 07, 2014

Since May, Ventura county is not a friendly place for pornographers

Camarillo Acorn reported back in May 2013 (I was not aware of it: thanks to Stephanie Guzman for pointing out): Prompted by an influx of adult film productions in unincorporated…

January 03, 2014

Copyright trolls go mental: XArt’s lawyers demand 7.35 million dollars from a wrongly accused ISP subscriber

Roses are red, violets are blue, copyright trolls parasitize on the society because of the Kafkaesque statutory rates: $150,000 maximum for a single case of copyright infringement. While courts rarely…

December 31, 2013

Happy New Year!

It was a rollercoaster year. Exactly one year ago Prenda was at the apogee of its Chutzpah. Trying to remove Judge Wright from the case with a forged copyright assignment…

December 24, 2013

Judge prescribes some legwork to troll Paul Nicoletti

This is not some dramatic news, but I wanted to write about it anyway: Christmas Eve demands a light and cheerful mood, so I want to share a recent order…

December 18, 2013

Keith Lipscomb and X-Art/Malibu Media are shaking down an 80 y. o. woman

Remember how two years ago Prenda tried to shake down a widow in her 70s, accusing her of downloading teenage pornography? Today other trolls work hard to break this “record.”…