I started writing this blog in August 2015. At the time, we were still defending Malibu Media cases, and BitTorrent litigation, though waning (having taken a year-long break), was still topical in Florida. However, it soon became stale because, in October 1, 2015, Malibu Media filed its very last copyright infringement lawsuits in the state of Florida. So I…
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Recently, IP Enforcement Group filed four new Criminal Productions lawsuits against anonymous John Does in Florida. All lawsuits, styled Criminal Productions, Inc. v. Doe, allege the illegal downloading of the movie Criminal. Criminal bombed with critics Criminal is a 2016 Lionsgate film starring Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, and Tommy Lee Jones. Giving it only one…
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New LHF Productions Lawsuits in Tampa On July 28, 2016, five LHF Productions lawsuits were filed in the Middle District of Florida (all in the Tampa Division). Like other BitTorrent cases, these are for the alleged downloading and distribution of a movie via peer-to-peer networks (i.e., “Torrenting”). Isn’t it . . . ‘Moronic’? Here, the movie…
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