tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post344463824911268312..comments2024-03-26T10:41:35.852+00:00Comments on The 1709 Blog: A plague of trolls?Marie-Andree Weisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17125973798789498436noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-15533392598186181582013-05-30T07:40:27.952+01:002013-05-30T07:40:27.952+01:00Another update on this story as one of the Prenda ...Another update on this story as one of the Prenda / Steele Hansmeier<br />lawyers, Brett Gibbs, pleads poverty in court (saying he had substantial debts and no assets) and revealed he has serious brain cancer.<br /><br />http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2013/05/29/copyright-troll-lawyer-pleads-poverty-asks-to-be-let-off-the-hook/Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01868498334405853494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-37193894878998186462013-05-28T10:04:17.430+01:002013-05-28T10:04:17.430+01:00Golden Eye are back in the news with TorrentFreak ...Golden Eye are back in the news with TorrentFreak saying the porn protector (linked to the 'Ben Dover films) has sent out a new batch letters which include a reference to the fact that the High Court has 'approved' the new letter saying Golden eye's letter “was approved by Mr Justice Arnold sitting in the High Court, after input from both 02′s legal representatives and Consumer Focus and Open Rights Group on behalf of consumers.”<br /><br />http://torrentfreak.com/despite-high-court-intervention-copyright-trolls-continue-where-acslaw-left-off-130527/Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01868498334405853494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-67729600306704183822013-05-17T14:42:04.580+01:002013-05-17T14:42:04.580+01:00The description of the tactics undertaken by Anti-...The description of the tactics undertaken by Anti-Piracy Law Group sound similar to the now famous demand letter written by Hollywood celeb lawyer Marty Singer, which a court held constituted extortion (details at link below). Singer is, of course, appealing the judgment, but it seems to me that the same argument can be made against Anti-Piracy Law Group. <br /><br />http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/hollywood-lawyer-marty-singer-appeals-521725Miri Frankelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10086207551292241559noreply@blogger.com