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
Every few years it is important to rehash some older bittorrent concepts which are still relevant to today’s copyright infringement lawsuits.
There is a balancing act in this post as to how to make it NOT deathly boring, and how do I convey the information you need to understand what you have in front of you. Here we go. Judge Beryl Howell once again issued a scathing opinion favoring copyright trolls and ruling against John Doe … Read more
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
[7/22/2011 UPDATE: As services such as PACER, RECAP The Law, and RFC Express have become widely available, tracking cases and viewing filings online have become available for everyone to do. Thus, I am no longer uploading case documents to the bittorrent networks.] It has been disturbing to me that a number of websites have been … Read more