Steele et al have admitted making 'a few million' in their trolling schemes. Besides, they're lawyers, they can file the paperwork themselves - if they aren't busy with other cases.
And I don't believe their caseload is very heavy these days.
...but it is a very close cousin. It seems Prenda Law is indulging in reductio ad absurdum; the penultimate moment will occur when Prenda sues itself for infringing on its' own copyright claim to legal clown piefights.
...you are talking about a story in the NY Post - a rag that lives on the motto 'if it bleeds, it leads'. The author should actually be commended for not blathering about how these hack-attacks are blowing the eyeballs out of anybody unlucky enough to see one.
Where are future generations going to practice their mad gun skills if not in the arcades? Connecticut is going to be a pretty quiet place come the zombie apocalypse.
As recognized by many courts, just because an IP address is registered to an individual does not mean that he or she is guilty of infringement when that IP address is used to commit infringing activity.
Judges are, for the most part, human, and are capable with time and education of recognizing bullshit when they see it. Let's hope the weight of law has finally driven a stake through the cold dead heart of this particular assertion.
GodDAMN the inconvenient fact that P2P can be used for non-infringing purposes. It's much like the argument that the internet can be used for something other than porn.
So there have already been DMCA notices to take down DMCA notices, and DMCA notices to take down the DMCA notices to take down DMCA notices, and so on and so on...
Yarg! Signed out I am, and already those fucks at On Press are claiming copyright and telling everybody I'm dead. AND trying to hit on my widow with me not a half-hour in the cold, cold ground.
...this isn't 'necessarily just a case of "old men yelling at clouds."' This is a story about a greedy, grouchy old fuck screaming about pennies slipping through his fingers.
4. Defendants be ordered to notify in writing and direct to its Internet Service Provider(s), Web Host(s) and all publishers of directories or lists, including Internet search engines, in which the Defendants' use of the names and marks employing CHUBBY CHECKER appear, to delete all references to said names and marks from their public databases, search engine directories, directory assistance and from all future directories in which said names and marks are to appear, and to delete all forwarding or "cache memory" or storage mechanisms referencing names and marks employing CHUBBY CHECKER.
In order to ensure the continuation of Chubby Checkers' legacy, his lawyer is DEMANDING Chubby Checkers' name be erased from the internet.
...there are 2,448 targets that are likely more hackable than the DMV in order to get personal info on 22 million people. Rich, nourishing, verified personal info.
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I don't believe I'd like to meet a sober DH in a darkened debate hall without a shiv in my back pocket.
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And I don't believe their caseload is very heavy these days.
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This isn't totally crazy...
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But but...
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Bets now being taken on:
2) when P2P software will start injecting random IP addresses into swarms;
3) when the first lawsuit will be filed on this royal cockup.
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You're a pretty funny lady, most of the time. But maybe you should get some new material - 'pirate mike' is one tired old hyperbole.
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Thus ensuring they will NEVER enjoy 'A Good Day to Die Hard' or the latest offering by Adele. Poor Bastards.
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Of course...
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wtf...
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Well that's just great.
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Re: On The Subject Of Shaun Shane
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You're correct, Tim...
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Willie Gary: Just Another Clueless Noob
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In Other Words...
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Huzzah!