April 20, 2013

Is Prenda trying to simulate insanity to avoid prosecution?

When it rains, it pours You’ll find the answer to the title question after reading the second of the two documents featured below. To get up to speed, read Ken…

April 12, 2013

Graham Syfert withdraws his call for sanctions against Gibbs and Wasinger; Gibbs claims that Steele and Hansmeier have been driving litigation in Florida

Thanks to Judge Wright’s resolution to get to the bottom of Prenda-related controversies, the poo-throwing among the Prenda gang members has recently escalated dramatically. In this light, yesterday’s event is…

April 02, 2013

Prenda trolls appear in Judge Wright’s courtroom only to plead the Fifth. Furious judge ends the hearing after 12 minutes

If the last Prenda hearing was a tornado, this one was an earthquake. Abrupt, powerful, and leaving unclear casualties. Adam Steinbaugh   Basically, the title says it all. I was…

March 21, 2013

Answers are filed in the Prenda’s defamation lawsuits

Today defense attorneys Jason Sweet and Erin Russell filed answers in two remaining Prenda’s defamation lawsuits: Paul Duffy v. Alan Cooper, Paul Godfread and the Internets, ILND 13-cv-01569 (Answer). Prenda…

March 12, 2013

EFF to represent bloggers against copyright troll

Yesterday Electronic Frontier Foundation issued a press release (the original is located here) regarding their generous offer to represent this blog as well as DieTrollDie’s one in the “defamation” lawsuits…

March 09, 2013

EFF announces its intention to fight the subpoena, and WordPress refuses to comply with this subpoena

This is a wonderful news: yesterday Electronic Frontier Foundation announced on Twitter that it would help to fight the subpoena in the copyright troll Prenda’s defamation lawsuits designed to silence…

March 06, 2013

Deposition of Prenda’s Paul Hansemeier regarding AF Holdings: transcript

On 2/19/2013 Nicholas Ranallo and Morgan Pietz (from the defendant’s side), and Brett Gibbs (from the plaintiff’s), deposited a “witness”: Prenda’s senior (and, in my opinion, mastermind) Paul Hansmeier, asking…

March 04, 2013

Copyright trolls Prenda Law, Paul Duffy, and John Steele commence three lawsuits v. Paul Godfread, Alan Cooper and our community

In an unexpected and rather desperate move, in the midst of growing public’s and judges’ impatience regarding Prenda’s conduct, this “law firm” has commenced three libel lawsuits designed to chill…

February 28, 2013

Judge Otis Wright to hapless troll Gibbs: “If you pledge, don’t hedge!”

After Judge Wright’s strong Order to show cause why copyright troll Brett Gibbs should not be severely sanctioned for all his troubles (Ingenuity v. Jon Doe — CACD 12-cv-08333), both…

February 20, 2013

Sinking ship “Prenda” is breaking with a loud sound. Rats are leaving the vessel

Saying that judges rarely use words “incarceration,” “fraud,” “automatic bench warrant” in an order to show cause would be an understatement. Nonetheless, Judge Otis Wright did just that in Ingenuity…