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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday November 25 2018, @09:40PM   Printer-friendly
from the sudden-outbreak-of-common-sense dept.

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US Judge Slams Copyright Troll For Using His Court "Like an ATM" - TorrentFreak

A judge in the U.S. has issued one of the most scathing opinions ever seen in a copyright troll case. In response to an early discovery request by porn troll Strike 3 Holdings, Judge Royce C. Lamberth describes the plaintiff as a "cut-and-paste" serial litigant whose lawsuits "smack of extortion". The company runs away at the first sign of a defense, he added, while noting his court is being used "as an ATM".

[...] Going on to criticize Strike 3 for filing 1,849 cases in the past thirteen months, including 40 in his district, Judge Lamberth says that such serial litigants prey on low-hanging fruit then run away at the first sign of resistance.

"They don't seem to care about whether defendant actually did the infringing, or about developing the law. If a Billy Goat Gruff moves to confront a copyright troll in court, the troll cuts and runs back under its bridge," he writes.

"Perhaps the trolls fear a court disrupting their rinse-wash-and-repeat approach: file a deluge of complaints, ask the court to compel disclosure of the account holders; settle as many claims as possible; abandon the rest."


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @11:38PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @11:38PM (#766311)

    Is it the trolls' fault or the courts'?

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 26 2018, @12:31AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 26 2018, @12:31AM (#766326)

    Neither, the lawmakers (or those who elected them) for penning laws that allow such things to commence.

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 26 2018, @03:06AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 26 2018, @03:06AM (#766352)

      Neither, the lawmakers (or those who elected purchased them) for penning laws that allow such things to commence.

      FTFY

    • (Score: 2) by mr_mischief on Monday November 26 2018, @08:54PM

      by mr_mischief (4884) on Monday November 26 2018, @08:54PM (#766596)

      Most of the lawmakers come from a trial lawyer background.