John Steele is the colorful copyright troll whose work in shaking down people by threatening to link their names to gay porn with spurious lawsuits has been augmented by a series of bizarre legal maneuvers, including allegedly stealing his caretaker's identity in order to create a disposable buffer between Steele and his operation.
But he's got a new wheeze that takes the cake:
He's voluntarily given up his Illinois bar card, seemingly in order to avoid disbarment — at least, that's Fight Copyright Troll's theory. It's a kind of auto-disbarment that seeks to avoid the special consequences that befall officers of the court who play games with the law.
