We all talk about these mass bittorrent lawyers like they are stupid. They might be, but they do know how to get some press. Today, Prenda Law secured a “default judgment” against someone named Darryl Lessere in Florida for $153,770.oo (see below). Yes, that’s a lot of money. Will AF Holdings ever collect? Almost certainly… Continue Reading
Category Archives: I.P. Address Suits
Subscribe to I.P. Address Suits RSS FeedCopyright Trolling: AF Holdings Names Another Doe
Posted in I.P. Address Suits, Interesting Cases, Open Wi-Fi, Porn Industry, WiFi NegligenceIt looks like the Copyright Trolls are trying to make good on their threats to start suing individuals who refuse to settle up. Earlier, Daniel G. Ruggiero named Robert Liberatore in a suit filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Now, Ruggiero has filed another suit, also in Pennsylvania, this time against Edward Huynh. The… Continue Reading
Copyright Trolls: What Does It All Mean
Posted in I.P. Address Suits, Online piracy, Porn IndustryIn case you just got one of those letters from your ISP telling you that you have been selected for the latest bittorent extortion program, otherwise known as a subpoena for your personal records, then you might be asking yourself “what does this all mean?” I myself wrote a brief article that describes your dilemma–what… Continue Reading
Abrahams v. Hard Drive: Update 2
Posted in Contingent Fee, Doe Counter-Suits, I.P. Address Suits, Interesting Cases, Porn IndustryWell this is big news: Following up on my earlier update on this case, there was a hearing today on the Abrahams v. Hard Drive case to argue Abrahams two-strike dismissal motion. I’m not exactly sure what was said, but here is the order basically dismissing Hard Drives claims. What?!?! It was stipulated that the… Continue Reading
Abrahams v. Hard Drive Productions: Update
Posted in Doe Counter-Suits, I.P. Address Suits, Porn IndustrySo Seth Abrahams is fighting back hard against Hard Drive Productions in an excellent bittorrent battle down in California. Before we go any further, it’s important to get all the cases straight. First, Hard Drive originally sued a bunch of Does (11-1567). Then, Hard Drive dropped that case and re-filed against only one Doe (11-5634). … Continue Reading
Motion to Quash; Motion to Sever; Motion to Dismiss: What’s the Difference?
Posted in I.P. Address Suits, Motion PracticeThe good folks over at FightCopyrightTrolls and DieTrollDie do a great job, probably better than anyone, at keeping everyone informed about the state of mass bittorrent litigation, frequently called copyright troll suits. One of the hottest topics, always, is what to do when you get that letter or email from your ISP telling you that… Continue Reading
Court’s Patience With Bittorrent Litigation Wearing Thin
Posted in Contingent Fee, I.P. Address Suits, Interesting Cases, Porn IndustryAs both FightCopyrightTrolls and DieTrollDie have recently reported, the Courts are growing increasingly impatient with plaintiffs in mass bittorrent litigation. Orders severing the defendants are becoming commonplace, and the plaintiffs are finding those cases substantially less lucrative. First, Judge Hill is reported to have killed many of the porn-related bittorrent suits down in Louisiana. Effectively,… Continue Reading
Prenda Law Lawyer Gets Hammered
Posted in I.P. Address Suits, Interesting CasesIt seems like these copyright plaintiff’s lawyers for the porn industry just can’t do anything right. Yesterday I blogged about a Federal Judge who ordered a copyright plaintiff’s lawyer to show cause why he shouldn’t be sanctioned for completely ignoring the Judge’s order. Today, another judge drops the hammer on a different lawyer, Joseph Perea. Looks… Continue Reading
Judge Brown Drops The Hammer On Kotzker Law Group
Posted in I.P. Address Suits, Interesting CasesWow! There are a pair of bittorrent suits pending over in New York. Counsel for Malibu Media and Patrick Collins had asked for early discovery so they could, one assumes, try to extort the traditional settlement out of the defendants. In a unique twist, Judge Brown ordered that the identities of the Does be revealed… Continue Reading
Seth Abrahams v. Hard Drive Productions heats up
Posted in Doe Counter-Suits, I.P. Address Suits, Interesting Cases, Porn IndustryThis 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
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
Fraserside Awarded $4 Million Against PornVisit.com
Posted in I.P. Address Suits, Interesting Cases, Litigation DamagesJudges are clearly of two different minds when it comes to copyright infringement and culpability. For example, consider these two recent cases that are similar on the facts, but have very different outcomes. K-Beech, Inc. v. Schreiber and Valdez, et al. In this case, K-Beech sued several people for copyright infringement of a small number… Continue Reading
Copyright Abuse by Ira Raises Ire of Judge Zimmerman
Posted in I.P. Address Suits, Interesting CasesMost of us are aware of what I call the IP address suits, where a plaintiff files a lawsuit against large numbers of IP addresses (or “John Does”) and then tries to extort settlements that are substantial yet still less than the cost of fighting the lawsuit. Down in the Northern District of California, it… Continue Reading
Comcast Says Copyright Infringement: What do I do about this letter?
Posted in I.P. Address SuitsI’ve already discussed the letters that many people are getting now. The ones where you are accused of having illegally downloaded a movie because someone says your I.P. address was used to do so. As I said earlier, it means that some rights-holder (like Sony or Universal Studios, for example) has filed suit against your… Continue Reading
What Does This Letter I Got From Comcast Mean?
Posted in I.P. Address SuitsRight now, a lot of people are getting letters from their Internet Service Providers, like Comcast, informing them of something like this: You have been identified via your assigned Internet Protocol address in <some lawsuit> for allegedly infringing <someone else’s> copyrights on the Internet by uploading and/or downloading a movie using a computer assigned the… Continue Reading
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