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Movie Companies Sue Lawyer in Dispute Over Piracy Settlement Cash

TorrentFreak

For companies whose movies are downloaded and shared illegally, solutions have been developed that allow them to monitor suspected pirates and track them back to their ISPs, before obtaining their identities and making a settlement offer to end the risk of a full-blown lawsuit.

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Billion Dollar Music Piracy Lawsuit Against Optimum is Over, Permanently

TorrentFreak

After music giant BMG sued Cox Communications for failing to take action against repeat infringer customers, the matter was settled in BMG’s favor via a “ substantial settlement.” That included copies of its source code (23,693 files) and more than a million pages of documents.

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Text Written So Well That It Needs To Be Copied?

BYU Copyright Blog

(“Lehren”), claiming that Lehren copied “significant portions” of its website.Since then, Lehren has responded to these allegations. On June 13, 2021, Lehren filed its Answer wherein it admitted that it “copied a limited amount of text.” We will follow this lawsuit and provide updates as they become available.

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Court Dismisses Copyright Troll’s Piracy Lawsuit Over Suspension

TorrentFreak

courts, collecting millions of dollars in settlements on the way. Tables Turned Not too long ago Malibu was one of the most active anti-piracy litigants in the U.S., The Los Angeles company, known for its popular “X-Art” brand, has gone after thousands of alleged file-sharers in U.S. but in recent years this activity ground to a halt.

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Accused Pirate Asks Court to Dismiss Lawsuit from Suspended ‘Copyright Troll’

TorrentFreak

courts, collecting millions of dollars in settlements. Not too long ago Malibu was one of the most active anti-piracy litigants in the U.S., — A copy of John Doe’s first amended answer and counterclaims, filed at a federal court in Texas, is available here (pdf). but in recent years this activity ground to a halt.

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Court: Comcast Must Identify Accused BitTorrent Pirate

TorrentFreak

According to some, the lawsuits’ main objective is to collect settlement payments and default judgments. ” No Troll The argument that the company simply pursues these cases to collect settlements isn’t sufficient either. .” — A copy of U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael E.

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Don’t Fuel the Copyright Troll Fire, Supreme Court Hears

TorrentFreak

Targets are encouraged to pay settlements to ensure these legal problems go away. The ability to recover damages for infringements that occurred an arbitrarily long time ago, as long as litigation is begun within three years of discovery, expands the opportunities to seek nuisance-value settlements against numerous internet users.