New Arizona Rule: You are only properly joined with those you upload to or download from.
Arizona federal courts now apply FRCP Joinder Rule to apply only to bittorrent swarms the defendant participated in.
Hard Drive Productions Inc.
Judge Facciola new ruling could kill Hard Drive Productions, AF Holdings, and West Coast Productions all at once.
Today I received a bunch of what are commonly known as “scare” letters from Prenda Law Inc. What is interesting is that all the letters I received were for the AF Holdings, LLC v. Does 1-1,140 (Case No. 1:11-cv-01274) case. While at first I thought the timing to an order by Judge Facciola was too … Read more
EFF takes on Judge Facciola in the Hard Drive Productions, Inc. v. Does 1-1,495 case.
Hard Drive Productions, Inc. v. Does 1-1,495 (Case No. 1:11-cv-01741) has been a controversial case from the beginning. Judge Bates immediately noticed the faults with the case and he stayed the subpoenas. Magistrate Judge Facciola (who has since taken over the case) is now facing scrutiny for every step he makes — not only in … Read more
What is going on in the District of Columbia (DC) with their bittorrent cases?
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — Everyone knows by now that DC is not a friendly jurisdiction to be sued in. Like Washington D.C., the judges do not follow one another, and each judge does what he or she feels should be policy. Two examples — Judge Beryl Howell, a copyright lobbyist turned federal judge, and Judge … Read more
Prenda Law, Inc. takes over Steele | Hansmeier, PLLC
Obviously I will write more as I learn more, but to the best of my knowledge, Prenda Law, Inc. has taken over Steele|Hansmeier, PLLC’s cases. You will see that Steele’s “We Fight Piracy” website at http://www.wefightpiracy.com has been replaced with a cheap looking WordPress blog with a few articles on intellectual property. No doubt, a … Read more