This is an interesting copyright infringement case. If you haven’t heard, this case is part of an ever-increasing battle brewing between the porn-industry copyright crusades and the getting-tired-of-it public. Here is some background on the cases: HDP v. Does 1-118 [4:11-cv-01567] Filed Mar. 31, 2011 First, Hard Drive Productions filed another one of the many… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Motion To Quash Subpoenas In Copyright Infringement Cases
Posted in I.P. Address Suits, Online piracyThere is a ton of coverage about Motions to Quash the subpoenas that are being served in these mass-infringement cases. There are also several pretty good sample Motions to Quash out there. But the question is: which one do I use? The answer should be, the one that works. With that in mind, I decided… Continue Reading
Negligence Can’t Support Contributory Copyright Infringement
Posted in Infringement Defenses, Interesting Cases, Open Wi-FiEarlier I commented on a Finnish court that ruled leaving a wi-fi router open cannot, as a matter of law, give rise to copyright infringement by a third party. That’s great if you live in Finland, what about us in the U.S.? Well, things are starting to look good here too. As reported recently by… Continue Reading
DMCA Takedown Notices Being Abused
Posted in DMCA Safe Harbor, Interesting Cases, Online piracyYesterday I posted a blog article about how the DMCA takedown notices are being so heavily abused these days that it amounts to extortion. The good folks over at FightCopyrightTrolls tweeted about my post, it came to the attention of someone at Takedown Piracy, and their owner called me a hack. Well, here’s my take. … Continue Reading
Copyright Infringement Crusades Underway
Posted in Contingent Fee, Online piracyIn case you have any doubt about the explosion of attacks that are being made against alleged copyright infringement, you need only look at Google’s Transparency Report on the number of URLs that are being attacked. Take a look. The number of URLs that are being accused of facilitating copyright infringement has gone up by… Continue Reading
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