Porn IP complaint attorney gets $32K fine

[Barry-xlovecam]

Court ordered sanctions and costs ...

The Appeals Court decision tells it all ...

[S]tone committed those violations as an attempt to repeat his strategy of suing anonymous internet users for allegedly downloading pornography illegally, using the powers of the court to find their identity, then shaming or intimidating them into settling for thousands of dollars, a tactic that he has employed all across the state and that has been replicated by others across the country ...

http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions...77-CV0.wpd.pdf

In January, a federal judge in Dallas imposed $10,000 in sanctions on Mr. Stone and required him to pay $22,040 in attorneys? fees. Mr. Stone, in his zeal to get the names of those who illegally downloaded Der Gute Onkel, had sent out subpoenas without the court?s permission.

U.S. District Judge David Godbey used words like ?wanton? and ?grave? to describe Mr. Stone?s conduct. The judge accused Mr. Stone of transforming the use of subpoenas ?from a bona fide state-sanctioned inspection into private snooping.?

So Mr. Stone appealed the sanction to the New Orleans-based Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/07/13/...opyright-tale/

[TheSquealer]

Thats good. I am not defending illegal downloads and sharing of copyrighted materials.... but i'm definitely against random/careless extortion and shaming as a response to the problem.

[xNetworx]

Meanwhile over at pornhub....

[baryl]

Originally Posted by TheSquealer

Thats good. I am not defending illegal downloads and sharing of copyrighted materials.... but i'm definitely against random/careless extortion and shaming as a response to the problem.

Scumbags like this guy are actually setting back efforts to kill piracy.

[ottopottomouse]

Originally Posted by baryl

Scumbags like this guy are actually setting back efforts to kill piracy.

Killing it means no more money for them.

[blackmonsters]

So the beef is with his subpoenas, because I read nothing else that was not allowed.

Next time he will just use the correct method to subpoena the IP.

And because he used the correct method he will simply ask for a bigger settlement
to recoup his trouble.

[Paul Markham]

Originally Posted by blackmonsters

So the beef is with his subpoenas, because I read nothing else that was not allowed.

Next time he will just use the correct method to subpoena the IP.

And because he used the correct method he will simply ask for a bigger settlement
to recoup his trouble.

The IP should be the first step to suing.

[gideongallery]

Originally Posted by blackmonsters

So the beef is with his subpoenas, because I read nothing else that was not allowed.

Next time he will just use the correct method to subpoena the IP.

And because he used the correct method he will simply ask for a bigger settlement
to recoup his trouble.

the judge turned down his request pretty harshly.


otherwise he could have just argued he was ultimately authorized and the sending of the request early was a no harm no fowl action.

[MrCain]

Bad news for Lightspeed.

[KillerK]

We all should support steve and send him $5.