The strength of a mass copyright lawsuit against hundreds or thousands of Does depends very heavily on the early reception it enjoys from the federal district court which manages it. As was mentioned in a prior post regarding challenges to ISP subpoenas in certain cases from the U.S. District Court in D.C., an individual court’s
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Quash This!: D.C. Judge Shoots Down Scores of Does’ Subpoena Challenges
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Posted in BitTorrent Lawsuits, Copyrights
In another set-back for ISP subscribers targeted in the ongoing Torrent troll campaign, U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell recently entered multiple lengthy opinions denying over 75 motions to quash subpoenas that had been issued in three prominent mass copyright suits, motions for dismissal, and other challenges to the subpoena process employed in the case.…
Updated Troll Cases: A Swarm of Porn
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Posted in BitTorrent Lawsuits, Copyrights
Porn purveyors are keeping the wave of copyright troll litigation rolling with a host of recent suits.
The subpoena process is ongoing in West Coast Productions, Inc. v. Does 1-5,829, No. 1:11-cv-00057-CKK, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in January. This suit, which is focused on the…
Copyright News Roundup
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Posted in Copyrights
A new lawsuit was filed by the Righthaven enterprise, despite a setback several months ago on the grounds of fair use. On first glance, the new defendant, Pajamas Media, has an even better case than the last Righthaven target. As reported by techdirt.
In the wake of Texas attorney Evan Stone’s dismissal with prejudice…
Welcome to TD 2.0!
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Thanks for visiting my blog. I look forward to sharing with you tips, commentary, links and news related to the ongoing wave of threats and litigation brought by copyright and defamation trolls, including the Steele, Copyright Enforcement Group, Stone, Righthaven and DGW schemes, among others.