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New Defense Motions filed in Malibu Media Lawsuits – Middle District of Florida

Yesterday, in the Middle District of Florida, we filed the third of three new defense motions on behalf of John Does in a Malibu Media lawsuit.   These are the first such motions we’ve filed in more than a year. The reason is that the Middle District of Florida has been particularly conservative regarding BitTorrent copyright infringement…

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Artists sue Wine and Canvas for unauthorized copying of paintings

Update: Amended complaint filed on July 14, 2014 On May 5, 2014, Central Florida artist Megan Aroon Duncanson and Utah artist Sheri Marie Wiseman filed a lawsuit against Wine and Canvas Development, LLC and related entities for copyright infringement, therein alleging that the Defendants used their artwork for paint classes — repeatedly — without permission.…

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Florida Supreme Court considers: Bar fight + tomahawk bludgeon = big judgment against third party

The Florida Supreme Court overturned a Third District Court of Appeals decision on Thursday, reinstating a man’s big judgment.  I don’t normally blog about negligence cases, but this one, which involves the negligence of a third party after a man was bludgeoned with a tomahawk is interesting. The Facts Three guys — Dennis Dorsey, Robert…

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