[...]I am just waiting for Alan Cooper’s obituary to appear in a St Kitts and Nevis paper about his tragic passing and how he couldn't wait to testify and show us all how wrong we were about AF holding and it’s many copyright cases [...]
sophisticatedjanedoe (profile), 29 Jan 2013 @ 2:37pm
Re: Jordan Rushie's comments
I liked Raul's comment (not public, but he'll forgive me):
(Context: the state case Liberty Media v. Does 1-441 was removed to the federal level after Charles Thomas petitioned, and the case was subsequently voluntarily dismissed.)
That is funny, the only way to complete this comedy is for another attorney to copy Charles' petition to remove and coincidentally find it assigned to the same federal judge.
sophisticatedjanedoe (profile), 29 Jan 2013 @ 11:33am
It is a bit strange that I advocate this way, but to be fair, it's not the pleading itself that failed. Moreover, judge granted the motion yesterday (admittedly, it was not a known fact at the time this TD article was written).
I would love to attribute this event to the ignorance of the judge regarding Prenda and copyright trolls in general, but if it was a shitty memorandum, things may went a different way.
sophisticatedjanedoe (profile), 17 Jan 2013 @ 7:50pm
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He can't commit suicide. He is getting married in a couple of months. Which pretty much explains his desperation.
Leaving the country is also not an answer. Prenda's former paralegal and "harassment officer" Mark Lutz left the country a month ago and initially stayed in a Cabo resort. Until recently... according to rumors, some time after New Year he was arrested, brought to Mexico City, held in a jail for a couple of days, and when released, found out that all his belongings are gone. Don't ask me why: I have no idea. I bet he is in US now.
sophisticatedjanedoe (profile), 17 Jan 2013 @ 11:50am
Disagree with the caption. White House loves Death Star petitions. It would be happy if every petition was similar to that notorious one instead of raising painful legitimate grievances.
sophisticatedjanedoe (profile), 14 Jan 2013 @ 2:39pm
Re: Re: Re: Tinfoil hat time - who talked to the Feds?
Personally I wouldn’t blame too hard neither JSTOR nor MIT for their initial overreaction of calling the authorities. I’ll try to explain why.
Still blame because they could investigate and settle the matters themselves. In my child’s college (as in many others) the underage drinking and soft drugs are ongoing problems. Nonetheless, the college would fight tooth and nail not to hand out offenders to the police. They even don’t allow city police to patrol the campus.
But you know what happens if you hand out a student who possesses some amount of marijuana to the law enforcement: possible jail time and ruined life. In the case with Aaron the university probably did not expect the Kafkaesque consequences.
In this case it was more like calling the police in a domestic fight: in most cases policemen arrive and do what they are supposed to do: to calm down and scare the debaucher, maybe issue a $100 fine. None of the parties usually even think about pressing criminal charges.
What happened after it became clear that things turned ugly — how MIT and JSTOR behaved — is much-much more important than the fact of the initial contact with the law. JSTOR had the guts to try to call it off, while MIT authorities cowardly closed their eyes (and even kissed government’s ass by voluntarily submitting evidence). And yes, both could and should have done more.
sophisticatedjanedoe (profile), 14 Jan 2013 @ 7:10am
DOJ "down"
...though, reports of the Justice Department's website being taken down were wrong...
I have a theory about the roots of the confusion. DOJ sites were not accessible yesterday to me — when I used VPN. I tried a couple of serves: same result. Meanwhile, I had no problem loading the said sites while being connected directly via my ISP.
So my theory is: some attacks did take place, but as a part of DDoS protection, some IP addresses were blocked, and the fact that VPN servers are blacklisted shouldn't surprise anyone.
sophisticatedjanedoe (profile), 14 Jan 2013 @ 6:57am
Re: Tinfoil hat time - who talked to the Feds?
Here is a piece that contradicts your speculations (note that I'm not trying to take sides or be an ass, but simply pointing to a contradicting piece I stumbled upon in 20 minutes after reading this comment):
Elliot Peters, Swartz's attorney, told The Associated Press on Sunday that the case "was horribly overblown" because JSTOR itself believed that Swartz had "the right" to download from the site. Swartz was not formally affiliated with MIT, but was a fellow at nearby Harvard University. MIT maintains an open campus and open computer network, Peters said. He said that made Swartz's accessing the network legal.
JSTOR's attorney, Mary Jo White — formerly the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan — had called the lead Boston prosecutor in the case and asked him to drop it, said Peters, also a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan who is now based in California.
On the post: Prenda's Brett Gibbs Tries To Avoid Answering Questions About Alan Cooper By Dismissing Case
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On the post: Prenda Tries Yet Another Loophole; But Entirely Plagiarizes Someone Else's Failed Attempt
Re: Jordan Rushie's comments
(Context: the state case Liberty Media v. Does 1-441 was removed to the federal level after Charles Thomas petitioned, and the case was subsequently voluntarily dismissed.)
On the post: Prenda Tries Yet Another Loophole; But Entirely Plagiarizes Someone Else's Failed Attempt
Re: Not infringment
FYI lawyers are OK with borrowing legal arguments, but there is a line, and crossing this line is bad-bad for a purported professional.
Copying a pleading word-to-word is a long shot from "writing a particular motion in a particular way."
On the post: Prenda Tries Yet Another Loophole; But Entirely Plagiarizes Someone Else's Failed Attempt
I would love to attribute this event to the ignorance of the judge regarding Prenda and copyright trolls in general, but if it was a shitty memorandum, things may went a different way.
On the post: Alan Cooper Sues John Steele, Prenda Law And The Shell Companies He Supposedly 'Runs'
Re: Re: Re: If Cooper is wrong...
On the post: Alan Cooper Sues John Steele, Prenda Law And The Shell Companies He Supposedly 'Runs'
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1. A few :)
2. Probably it's next to impossible.
On the post: Alan Cooper Sues John Steele, Prenda Law And The Shell Companies He Supposedly 'Runs'
My favorite recent tweets:
On the post: 'Defendant' In Prenda Law Case Reveals He Agreed To Take A Dive
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On the post: 'Defendant' In Prenda Law Case Reveals He Agreed To Take A Dive
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On the post: 'Defendant' In Prenda Law Case Reveals He Agreed To Take A Dive
New info
On the post: Six Strikes Administrator: Loss Of Open WiFi Access At Cafes Is Acceptable Collateral Damage
A great comment from Reddit thread discussing this article
On the post: Prenda Law Fails In Attempt To Remove Judge Who Wants To Know Who Alan Cooper Is
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Leaving the country is also not an answer. Prenda's former paralegal and "harassment officer" Mark Lutz left the country a month ago and initially stayed in a Cabo resort. Until recently... according to rumors, some time after New Year he was arrested, brought to Mexico City, held in a jail for a couple of days, and when released, found out that all his belongings are gone. Don't ask me why: I have no idea. I bet he is in US now.
On the post: Prenda Law Fails In Attempt To Remove Judge Who Wants To Know Who Alan Cooper Is
On the post: White House, Tiring of Death Stars And Deportation Requests, Ups 'We The People' Signature Threshold From 25,000 To 100,000
On the post: Some Thoughts On Aaron Swartz
Re: Re: Re: Tinfoil hat time - who talked to the Feds?
Still blame because they could investigate and settle the matters themselves. In my child’s college (as in many others) the underage drinking and soft drugs are ongoing problems. Nonetheless, the college would fight tooth and nail not to hand out offenders to the police. They even don’t allow city police to patrol the campus.
But you know what happens if you hand out a student who possesses some amount of marijuana to the law enforcement: possible jail time and ruined life. In the case with Aaron the university probably did not expect the Kafkaesque consequences.
In this case it was more like calling the police in a domestic fight: in most cases policemen arrive and do what they are supposed to do: to calm down and scare the debaucher, maybe issue a $100 fine. None of the parties usually even think about pressing criminal charges.
What happened after it became clear that things turned ugly — how MIT and JSTOR behaved — is much-much more important than the fact of the initial contact with the law. JSTOR had the guts to try to call it off, while MIT authorities cowardly closed their eyes (and even kissed government’s ass by voluntarily submitting evidence). And yes, both could and should have done more.
On the post: In Response To Aaron's Death: Don't Take Down, Build Up; Don't Attack, But Share
DOJ "down"
I have a theory about the roots of the confusion. DOJ sites were not accessible yesterday to me — when I used VPN. I tried a couple of serves: same result. Meanwhile, I had no problem loading the said sites while being connected directly via my ISP.
So my theory is: some attacks did take place, but as a part of DDoS protection, some IP addresses were blocked, and the fact that VPN servers are blacklisted shouldn't surprise anyone.
On the post: Some Thoughts On Aaron Swartz
Re: Tinfoil hat time - who talked to the Feds?
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/swartz-death-fuels-debate-over-computer-crime
On the post: Prenda Law Tries The 'I Know You Are, But What Am I' Legal Strategy
On the post: Sony Issues The 'Bob Dylan Copyright Collection Volume' Solely To Extend Copyright On Dylan's Work
On the post: Company Behind Adam & Eve Discovers Quickly That Courts Are Now Hip To Copyright Trolling
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