I believe it is the duty of the copyright holders to “police their own copyrights,” meaning, if a company sees a file sharing tracker or website hosting an unlicensed copy of their copyrighted work, BY ALL MEANS, issue a DMCA takedown notice to the website or to the file sharing tracker, and that torrent will … Read more
Unauthorized Practice of Law is a big no-no in the legal world. With a bit of legal humor, as most of you now know, Judge Robert Hinkle of the Florida Northern District Court dismissed each and every one of Terik Hashmi’s cases today. As we discussed back in February, Judge Hinkle consolidated and froze all … Read more
All of Mike Meier’s NY-based Bittorrent cases consolidated by New York Federal Judge Forrest so that she can adjudicate them together.
Within the same breath of learning that Copyright Enforcement Group’s (“CEG”) attorney Mike Meier will be taking over Terik Hashmi’s Northern District of Florida bittorrent cases, in a twist of comedic tragedy for plaintiff attorney Mike Meier, I learned that FIVE of his Southern District of New York cases have been joined together, and “additional … Read more
*I AM POSTING THIS ENTRY UNEDITED BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ITS CONTENT. I WILL EDIT, ADD LINKS, AND WILL CLEAN UP LATER* If you were a plaintiff attorney suing thousands of defendants, what would you do if the judge figured out that you were not allowed to practice law? Terik Hashmi, owner of the … Read more