Comments on: Porno-copyright trolls named in RICO class action suit

By: SJD

SJD — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:31:00 +0000

You remind me how I characterized a troll lawyer Paul Lesko: he runs 3 lawsuits in Louisiana, defending the following “works of art” : “Teen Anal Sluts,” “Super Anal Black Cougars ” and ““Monster Wet Anal Asses.”

I once noted that this attorney has not only “narrow” specialization in the IP law, but rather a “tight” one.

By: chris jimson

chris jimson — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:48:00 +0000

I swear, I’ve never seen the movie “Tossing Around Sloppy Accusations.”

By: TheMudshark

TheMudshark — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:59:00 +0000

As a non-native speaker of English, the word blumpkin was unfamiliar to me.

By: pKp

pKp — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:41:00 +0000

Well…what exactly did you expect ?

By: cfuse

cfuse — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:40:00 +0000

No, the problem is if other people give a shit (given this is all about reputation). Plenty of employers or vocations will gladly exclude you in a heartbeat at the first sign of scandal.

By: koanhead

koanhead — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:19:00 +0000

That could be a fun conversation:
Troll: “If you don’t pay us, then your name will be associated with [porn stuff] at trial.”
Maf: “Sure, but on the other hand, you will never be heard from again.”

By: koanhead

koanhead — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:13:00 +0000

Well, they certainly aren’t so innocent afterwards.

By: TheMudshark

TheMudshark — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:59:00 +0000

Sometimes there is something to be said for not immediately googling any new term you come across on the internet … like “Blumpkin Blowjobs”.

By: Guest

Guest — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:44:00 +0000

This reminds me of an old short story (I think it was Roald Dahl) about an antique bookstore proprietor who made his real money with a scam like this.

He’d read the obituaries looking for respectable old lords who had kicked off. Then he’d send an invoice to the estate of the deceased for “Venus In Furs” or 18th century BDSM woodcuts or whatever. The wife would just figure the old fart was a secret perv (or knew that he was) and would pay to avoid scandal.

By: Ian Wood

Ian Wood — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:34:00 +0000

Ha! That only works if you give a shit. As the author of What I’ll Think About While Pat Robertson Swallows My Load, I am reasonably sure that I am immune to this tactic.

By: Daemonworks

Daemonworks — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 04:31:00 +0000

It would have been more interesting had one of them accidentally attempted to extort an actual member of the maffia or similar organization, but this will do.

By: SJD

SJD — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 04:04:00 +0000

Ohai TAC. Was going to bed but noticed substantial traffic from here. Got a shout out from the Wired’s post earlier today. Given the Randazza’s sunken tugboat in the Tabora case, this is one of the best antitroll days.

Thanks, Cory.

There is a typo: plaintiff’s name is Barker, not Baker: it’s my fault — I had this wrong spelling initially, later fixed.

Also, to be clear, the embarrassing names are not from these particular pornographers, but from other trolls: Celestial, 4:Twenty Media and Liberty Media. The trolls in this suit use similar tactics / embarrassing titles too anyway.

By: That_Anonymous_Coward

That_Anonymous_Coward — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:36:00 +0000

SJD will be so happy to have the extra coverage of these trolls.
This will however be the 2nd time someone has invoked RICO in a class action, the other was against USCG who were doing the shakedown for “The Hurt Locker” and “Fry Cry” and other Uwe Bolle films. In that case I think the court ruled against the RICO charges but the case still moves forward.

People need to understand how flimsy these cases are and courts need to understand people are being told “Everyone will see your name connected to this porn if we go to trial.” This is nothing more than extortion, and there is so much shady dealing happening, falsified copyrights, filings, etc.

People need to know the truth and they find that from people like SJD from fightcopyrightrolls.com and DTD of DieTrollDie.com. People who have faced these allegations, didn’t pay up, and came out the other side.

Preemptive Ohai SJD.

By: Rowan Parker

Rowan Parker — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:33:00 +0000

With this class action suit, it’s possible that the TROLLS will finally see a real penalty for TOSSING around SLOPPY accusations — and with any luck, it’ll be a penalty that will wipe them OFF the face of the earth, to the whole planet’s betterment.
Too easy.

By: Michael Busuttil

Michael Busuttil — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:27:00 +0000

“if they finger an innocent bystander”
Perhaps an awkward choice of words, given the subject matter?