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So, this is copyright trolling, and not patent trolling.

But why is this example of non-practicing entities using law to troll for (copyright) damages seen as terrible by this judge, when non-practicing entities using law to troll for (patent) damages seen as great by other judges?

(Also, the federal thing is confusing to me, but I'm going to web search an answer for that.)

EDIT: Thanks for submitting a Popehat article. It was really good. I like torrentfreak, but this article had more legal "stuff"; a feeling of legal truthiness.



In cases like this, law firms are supposed to be independent of the rights owner. That's why they went through all these gymnastics to hide the fact that they'd bought the IP and were basically representing themselves.


The issue here seems pretty unrelated to whether or not it's a troll plaintiff.


Because these guys appear to be crooks, it's doubtful that they own any IP or have any IP-owning clients.


No, it seems they do have the rights to the works. They had the basic right to pursue legal action against infringers.

But they, allegedly, did all sorts of fraud and identity theft along the way, and kept digging the hole deeper when people started sniffing around.

It's the cover-up, not the crime.




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