In 2013, Prenda lashed out against blog commenters who called them “assclowns.”
Source: Prenda lawyers’ careers are up in smoke, but sanctions keep coming | Ars Technica
Category: Copyright
Prenda’s Paul Hansmeier Loses His Law License; Won’t Be Filing Bogus ADA Lawsuits For Now | Techdirt
Prenda Law’s Paul Hansmeier, infamous for constantly scheming about ways to use the judicial process to shakedown people for money, and pompously overstating his own position (e.g., “welcome to the big leagues”) has now lost his license to practice law.
Source: Prenda’s Paul Hansmeier Loses His Law License; Won’t Be Filing Bogus ADA Lawsuits For Now | Techdirt
Paramount Wipes “Infringing” Ubuntu Torrent From Google – TorrentFreak
It’s no secret that copyright holders are trying to take down as much pirated content as they can, but targeting open source software is not something we see every day. Paramount Pictures recently sent a DMCA takedown to Google, listing a copy of the popular operating system Ubuntu. An honest mistake, perhaps, but a worrying one.
Source: Paramount Wipes “Infringing” Ubuntu Torrent From Google – TorrentFreak
Warner Bros. Flags Its Own Website as a Piracy Portal – TorrentFreak
Warner Bros. is vigorously trying to prevent pirated content from showing up in search results, but in doing so the movie studio has shot itself in the foot. Recently, Warner asked Google to take down several of its own pages, claiming that they are copyright-infringing.
Source: Warner Bros. Flags Its Own Website as a Piracy Portal – TorrentFreak
Attention Swedish Pirate Bay Users, Copyright Trolls Have Arrived – TorrentFreak
After years of being left alone by entertainment industry companies, regular file-sharers in Sweden are now in the cross-hairs of copyright trolls. Using data gathered by anti-piracy outfit Excipio, lawyers are about to send users of The Pirate Bay and similar sites demands for hard cash – or else.
Source: Attention Swedish Pirate Bay Users, Copyright Trolls Have Arrived – TorrentFreak
FBI-Controlled Megaupload Domain Now Features Soft Porn – TorrentFreak
As part of its criminal case against Megaupload, the U.S. Government seized several domain names belonging to Kim Dotcom’s file-hosting service. Nearly five years later the authorities still control the domains but they haven’t done a very good job of securing them. Megaupload.org now links to a soft porn portal.
Source: FBI-Controlled Megaupload Domain Now Features Soft Porn – TorrentFreak
Rightscorp Threatens Every ISP in the United States – TorrentFreak
Following a court win by its client BMG over Cox Communications this week, Rightscorp has issued an unprecedented warning to every ISP in the United States today. Boasting a five-year trove of infringement data against Internet users, Rightscorp warned ISPs that they can either cooperate or face the consequences.
Source: Rightscorp Threatens Every ISP in the United States – TorrentFreak
Olympics fan claims Twitter killed his account after he posted Rio videos | Ars Technica
Venezuelan tweeter says short clips were legal under local laws—Twitter disagrees.
Source: Olympics fan claims Twitter killed his account after he posted Rio videos | Ars Technica
Getty Images sued again over alleged misuse of over 47,000 photos | Ars Technica
“Upon information and belief, Getty has been carelessly and recklessly acquiring content, not doing due diligence and not taking adequate measures to prevent infringement as well as falsifying/removing proper copyright management information. In fact, its aggressive acquisition schedule is possible only at the expense of others’ rights. Undeterred by almost two hundred complaints filed with Washington State Attorney General’s Office, despite several lawsuits, and the growing consensus in the industry that its abusive, unethical, and reckless business practices must be addressed, Getty has shown that it cannot and will not reform on its own accord.”
Source: Getty Images sued again over alleged misuse of over 47,000 photos | Ars Technica
Getty Makes Nonsensical Statement On Photographer Carol Highsmith’s Lawsuit For Falsely Claiming Copyright | Techdirt
We are reviewing the complaint. We believe it is based on a number of misconceptions, which we hope to rectify with the plaintiff as soon as possible. If that is not possible, we will defend ourselves vigorously. The content in question has been part of the public domain for many years. It is standard practice for image libraries to distribute and provide access to public domain content, and it is important to note that distributing and providing access to public domain content is different to asserting copyright ownership of it. LCS works on behalf of content creators and distributors to protect them against the unauthorized use of their work. In this instance, LCS pursued an infringement on behalf of its customer, Alamy. Any enquiries regarding that matter should be directed to Alamy; however, as soon as the plaintiff contacted LCS, LCS acted swiftly to cease its pursuit with respect to the image provided by Alamy and notified Alamy it would not pursue this content.