UPDATE 3: More of Mike Meier bittorrent cases consolidated.
All of Mike Meier’s NY-based Bittorrent cases consolidated by New York Federal Judge Forrest so that she can adjudicate them together.
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New York Judge consolidates and freezes SMALLER BITTORRENT CASES for plaintiff attorney.
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
Digiprotect fined $45 per IP address lookup for suing people outside court’s jurisdiction.
A funny little holding in the Digiprotect USA Corporation v. Does 1-266 case in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (Case No. 1:10-cv-08759-TPG) slipped through the cracks unnoticed. On 4/13/2011, Hon. Thomas Griesa, the Judge for one of the two main Digiprotect cases awarded Comcast and Time Warner Cable $45 … Read more
DIGIPROTECT CASE ORALLY DISMISSED!
UPDATE (2/2/2011): While it is generally not the policy of the blog author to update articles, I have been asked to update this article to keep the information up to date. Since writing this article, the hearing which was the subject of all the controversy has been posted on the PACER website and hopefully soon … Read more
20th Century Fox v. small screenwriter. Suing for copyright infringement appears to be cheaper than advertising.
The Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation v. Patricia McIlvaine case teaches it is cheaper to sue for copyright infringement than to do advertising.