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Prenda-Linked Copyright Trolling Lawyer Paul Duffy Dead at Age 55

posted by takyon on Saturday August 15 2015, @08:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the dancing-on-graves dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Paul Duffy, an attorney for the Prenda Law, died on Monday, a Cook County Medical Examiner spokesperson said, adding that the cause of death is still pending and could take up to three months to confirm. The Madison Recorder noted that Duffy died at a Chicago hospital. He was 55.

Prenda made millions by suing Internet users for allegedly downloading porn illegally, banking on the fact that most of the people receiving its lawsuit threats would choose to settle rather than endure the cost and embarrassment of a lawsuit—even if they did nothing wrong. Duffy was considered a principal for Prenda Law, but he also worked closely with John Steele and Paul Hansemeier, who were affiliated with Prenda's litigation.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 15 2015, @07:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 15 2015, @07:43PM (#223341)
    If I really hate someone I would prefer to be able to make them to live forever, but I'd then encase them in a huge amount of concrete and bury them somewhere safe and stable.

    Barring that, medical technology can keep people alive way past the point where most people might want to be dead, despite various sort of things done to them...

    But so far I don't really hate anyone that much.