National “troll-style” litigant Criminal Productions, Inc. has filed a growing number of lawsuits in the U.S. District Court, District of Colorado over recent weeks.  Criminal Productions allegedly holds rights to the sci-fi flick Criminal, which stars Kevin Costner as a brain-damaged convict implanted with the memories of a deceased CIA operative. This follows other Criminal Productions suits recently filed in several other states.

As noted in a past Troll Defense report, Criminal Productions is an affiliate of Nu Image / Millennium Films, which hold interests in numerous films that have been the subject of prior “copyright troll” enforcement actions, including London Has Fallen, Automata, The Humbling, The Expendables, Charlie Countryman and Bad Lieutenant.

The new Criminal lawsuits allege copyright infringement by scores of “John Doe” parties through their use of BitTorrent file-sharing software. The plaintiff is out for statutory damages pursuant to the Copyright Act, attorney’s fees and costs, and an injunction against further infringement.

Like many other similar lawsuits filed in the same District, these complaints were signed by attorney Scott T. Kannady of Brown & Kannady, LLC. A case listing with links to the complaints is below.

Parties and subscribers receiving ISP notices of these actions can contact attorney Benjamin Justus for a free consultation regarding possible options.

Filed: 06/21/2016
Case No. 1:16-cv-01575
Criminal Productions, Inc. v. John Does 1-22

Filed: 06/22/2016
Case No. 1:16-cv-01589
Criminal Productions, Inc. v. John Does 1-17

Filed: 06/27/2016
Case No. 1:16-cv-01649
Criminal Productions, Inc. v. John Does 1-30

Filed: 06/30/2016
Case No. 1:16-cv-01688
Criminal Productions, Inc. v. John Does 1-30

Filed: 07/01/2016
Case No. 1:16-cv-01698
Criminal Productions, Inc. v. John Does 1-29

Filed: 07/06/2016
Case No. 1:16-cv-01724
Criminal Productions, Inc. v. John Does 1-30

Filed: 07/11/2016
Case No. 1:16-cv-01761
Criminal Productions, Inc. v. John Does 1-21

Filed: 07/15/2016
Case No. 1:16-cv-01813
Criminal Productions, Inc. v. John Does 1-14

Filed: 07/19/2016
Case No. 1:16-cv-01836
Criminal Productions, Inc. v. John Does 1-13