Guy Who Isn't Even Being Sued By US Copyright Group Files Response To Lawsuit
from the um...-that's-not-going-to-work dept
As a court is about to hear oral arguments concerning the legality of one of US Copyright Group’s (really law firm Dunlap, Grubb and Weaver) lawsuits which attempt to lump thousands of alleged file sharers into a single lawsuit, something odd has happened in response to US Copyright Group’s most famous lawsuit against 5,000 people accused of sharing the movie Hurt Locker. Despite the fact that no one has yet been identified in that particular lawsuit, some random guy has stepped forward and filed a response to the lawsuit, supposedly in “protest.” It seems like a pretty weak protest, however. In fact, the guy says he does download some files, but didn’t even download Hurt Locker. And, on top of all that, he seems confused. During an interview with News.com, he also says that he was trying to “take a stand against file sharing.” In the end, this seems like it’s all a really weak and confused publicity stunt by a guy who is apparently running for some form of public office. The courts will likely make this one disappear quickly.
Filed Under: copyright, hurt locker, john doe, lawsuits
Companies: us copyright group
Comments on “Guy Who Isn't Even Being Sued By US Copyright Group Files Response To Lawsuit”
The courts will likely make this one disappear quickly.
That or this guy has screwed himself by admitting he has downloaded some files.
The other guy sounds like TAM(pon)
uhm… don’t you need standing to sue in order to sue?
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wait, n/m, he’s not suing. He’s responding to a lawsuit not brought against him. Wow, that’s silly.
Too funny! Found the guy’s facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/jeffreykowalski
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Yeah, that has to be TAM(pon)
So can someone with no standing to defend themselves in a lawsuit (being that they’re not the ones being sued) defend themselves in a lawsuit that’s not even against them?
idiot nuff said
I think one of the best comments I’ve ever read against TCG was “I think it’s about time our judicial system put a stop of allowing groups like this to put forth lawsuits, in mass, against machines. IP addresses aren’t human.”
(not exactly what was said, but close enough)
I think the comment made the best argument to stop file sharing lawsuits I’ve ever seen.