March 30, 2014

Sheer hypocrisy of a simple mind

Yesterday I tweeted a screenshot from an X-Art porno flick, one of dozens that have been illegally produced at the owners’ home. I stressed that two laws were violated: filming…

March 22, 2014

Florida Judge dismisses a Malibu case because Lipscomb failed to establish a connection between an IP address and person

Even if this IPaddress is located within a residence, the geolocation software cannot identify who has access to that residence’s computer and who would actually be using it to infringe…

March 14, 2014

Keith Vogt becomes a porn troll. Lipscomb is in the panic mode

On 3/14/2014 copyright troll Keith Vogt filed a motion to intervene in Malibu Media v John Doe (ILND 13-cv-06312), finally designating himself as a porn troll. The following documents show…

March 13, 2014

You should never call a judge “asshole,” attorney Mary K. Schulz!

Illinois citizens are “blessed” with high taxes, high crime rate, and nasty winters. As it is not enough, Illinois is also a troll heaven. According to a recent paper by…

February 23, 2014

Florida magistrate recommends to sanction Keith Lipscomb

If you never heard about Malibu Media v. Pelizzo (FLSD 12-cv-22768), you should read this post. Warning: you may want to take an emergency shower afterwards. A couple of back-and-forth…

February 14, 2014

Florida judge to Lipscomb: No good cause to allow early discovery

Copyright troll M. Keith Lipscomb and his network of local attorneys filed 170 cases on behalf of Malibu Media in 2014 so far: Colorado (Jason Kotzker): 23 DC and Maryland…

February 10, 2014

X-Art/Malibu Media’s response to defendant’s motion to compel: technical analysis

A community member, who prefers not to reveal his name at this time, wrote this thorough analysis of a recent pseudo-technical Malibu’s missive. I think it is very good and…

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…