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Restitution from Prenda 'Copyright Trolls'

posted by Fnord666 on Monday April 29 2019, @06:12AM   
from the about-time dept.

number11 writes:

Possible restitution from Prenda copyright trolls

Know anybody who got extorted by settled out of court with Steele Hansmeier/Prenda/Alpha Law, Anti-Piracy Group, AF Holdings, Ingenuity 13, Guava LLC, Livewire, or LW Systems for (allegedly or actually) downloading porn vids?

After admitting to several criminal acts, Prenda Law attorneys John Steele and Paul Hansmeier will be sentenced a few weeks from now. In addition to prison sentences, the court may order the two to pay restitution. To facilitate this process, the U.S. Attorney's Office of the District of Minnesota is inviting victims of the fraudulent anti-piracy lawyers to come forward.

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Original Submission

• Law and Order wins, for onceLaw and Order wins, for once (Score: 4, Informative) by Arik on Monday April 29 2019, @07:23AM (2 children)

  by Arik (4543) on Monday April 29 2019, @07:23AM (#836199) Journal

  These were officers of the court that perpetrated a long running series of extortion scams targeting internet users for more than a decade.
  
  The wheels of justice grind slowly, but in this case, at least, they have finally ground to sufficient fineness to render a clear result.
  
  Relevant info if you don't mind wrestling google for the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqwyaXggc2M

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  • Re:Law and Order wins, for onceRe:Law and Order wins, for once (Score: 1, Troll) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday April 29 2019, @07:01PM (1 child)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday April 29 2019, @07:01PM (#836354) Journal

    What they did was "law and order" too, Arik. This isn't a case of lawlessness suddenly turning into law; it's a case of the law finally aligning closer with morals. Don't confuse the two.

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    • Re:Law and Order wins, for once(Score: 2) by Arik on Monday April 29 2019, @09:59PM

      by Arik (4543) on Monday April 29 2019, @09:59PM (#836414) Journal

      It's a case of people who broke the law, repeatedly for years, and profited from it. In part, due to their proximity to the justice system. It *is* a case of a long-running criminal enterprise, one which particularly brought the justice system itself into question, finally being brought down.
      
      "it's a case of the law finally aligning closer with morals."
      
      The law hasn't changed. It's just enforcement that's been very slow.

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• Order them to make a porn video – togetherOrder them to make a porn video – together (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 29 2019, @12:20PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 29 2019, @12:20PM (#836236)

  And then distribute it all over the place.

  • Re:Order them to make a porn video – together(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 29 2019, @04:21PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 29 2019, @04:21PM (#836292)

    Won't someone think of the goats?

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• They grind slowly(Score: 2, Insightful) by RandomFactor on Monday April 29 2019, @01:00PM

  by RandomFactor (3682) on Monday April 29 2019, @01:00PM (#836238) Journal

  but they grind.

  This entire class of legal extortion needs to be killed with fire however, not just the occasional crazily over-the-top abuse that happens to get a strong pushback by someone well heeled enough to fight and make it stick, or lucky enough to get a motivated pro-bono lawyer looking to make a name for themselves.

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