SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
from the sudden-outbreak-of-common-sense dept.
Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1984
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."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 26 2018, @05:29AM (1 child)
What if you really are the constant victim of infringement?
And is Sony a vexatious litigant yet?
(Score: 2) by sjames on Monday November 26 2018, @06:50AM
If you really are a constant victim, you won't meet the criteria for vexatious litigant.