A new BitTorrent plaintiff in Florida began filing lawsuits just before Thanksgiving. On November 20, 2015, five Clear Skies Nevada lawsuits showed up on the Middle District of Florida docket. The Plaintiff, Clear Skies Nevada, LLC, is the alleged copyright owner of the film Good Kill (2014). All of the lawsuits are alleging copyright infringement via the…
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As you may have already heard, Tamaroff & Tamaroff, attorneys who used to represent BitTorrent defendants in the federal courts in Florida, switched sides earlier this year. They put the brakes on representing Defendants and began representing various Plaintiffs: Good Man Productions, Poplar Oaks Inc., Manny Film LLC, and Plastic the Movie Limited. I hadn’t checked PACER in a…
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I have represented many dozens of innocent Defendants in BitTorrent copyright infringement litigation cases, and find that it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain regular hourly billing arrangements. The more work I do, the more money the client has to pay, and therefore, the more likely the client may, strictly for economic reasons, be pressured into entering into…
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