I have been speaking to a number of accused defendants who are pretty shocked about Kerry Culpepper’s most recent lawsuit in Colorado. Likely to prove that Culpepper IP’s settlement demand e-mails actually have “teeth,” Kerry Culpepper of Culpepper IP has not only sued defendants for the copyright infringement of his movie clients’ copyrighted movies, but … Read more
Strike 3 Holdings’ filings pretend they are against “unknown” John Doe defendants, even though they already know the identities of each defendant.
In many BitTorrent and peer-to-peer copyright infringement lawsuits, the plaintiff begins with an IP address—not the name of the person it intends to sue. Through an ISP subpoena, a copyright plaintiff may seek to identify the Internet subscriber associated with that IP address. Understanding how ISP subpoenas work, and when a John Doe defendant loses … Read more
The best time to hire an attorney is immediately when the ISP sends the subpoena letter indicating you have been implicated as a John Doe in the lawsuit.