SUBPOENA DEFENSE

Posted on October 31, 2012

Happy Halloween!

There are lots of scary creatures lurking about on Halloween. Watch out for the Trolls!

Judge Seitz Issues an Omnibus Order Severing Doe Defendants

Judge Patricia A. Seitz issued an Omnibus Order in Aerosoft GMBH v. Does 1-50, 1:12-cv-21489-PAS (S.D. Fla.) severing and dismissing John Does 2-50 from the lawsuit because of misjoinder. This ruling is consistent with the Judge’s prior orders severing John Doe Defendants in Bubble Gum Productions v. Does 1-80, 1:12-cv-20367-PAS (S.D. Fla. 7/19/12) and Sunlust Pictures, LLC v. Does 1-120, [...]

Magistrate Judge Tafoya rejects expedited discovery of “joint tortfeasors” in Sunlust Pictures

Last Friday, Magistrate Judge Tafoya released a much awaited Order on several motions that were filed by “joint tortfeasors” in Sunlust Pictures, LLC v. Cisa, No. 1:12-cv-00656-CMA-KMT (D. Colo.). Case Background Prenda Law, using local counsel Timothy Anderson, filed the original Complaint in this action against a single John Doe Defendant and alleged identical causes of [...]

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Over the past few years, digital media rights holders, led by the adult film industry, have embarked on an aggressive legal campaign to identify and litigate against Internet “pirates” who they allege have illegally uploaded and downloaded their content using BitTorrent file-sharing software. Unfortunately, these plaintiffs have repeatedly demonstrated that they are less interested in preventing online copyright infringement than they are in using the threat of complex federal litigation and the embarrassment of being associated with adult videos to extort oftentimes innocent Internet users for thousands of dollars each – earning them the nickname of “Copyright Trolls.”

Copyright trolls and their attorneys are only interested in one thing, convincing the defendants who they sue to settle these lawsuits for as much money as possible, regardless of whether or not the defendants actually committed the copyright infringement.

The copyright defense attorneys at Tamaroff & Tamaroff, P.A. have successfully helped many Internet subscribers prevent their personally identifying information from being disclosed to copyright trolls and defend against claims of copyright infringement on the merits. We have developed this website in an effort to educate the public about this predatory litigation and offer our services to those individuals who are unlucky enough to find themselves being targeted.