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I think entrapment needs to be the government/police doing this. This apparently is considered mail and wire fraud.
"On Friday, federal prosecutors unsealed an 18-count indictment charging Hansmeier and Steele with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit and suborn perjury, and other charges."
Feds indict two men in alleged $6 million ‘porno-trolling’ extortion scheme - The Washington Post
'Prosecutors allege the men netted some $6 million between 2011 and 2014 by threatening fraudulent copyright lawsuits against hundreds of unwitting victims. '
'On Friday, federal prosecutors unsealed an 18-count indictment charging Hansmeier and Steele with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit and suborn perjury, and other charges. '
'After a while, judges started to catch on, among them Wright, from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. '
'The attorneys, who ran a firm called Prenda Law, would use shell companies to buy up copyrights for pornographic movies, then upload those movies to file-sharing websites such as Pirate Bay, where they would monitor who downloaded them. '
'First, judges started limiting their ability to sue multiple defendants in the same suit. '
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[–] Quintus_Sertorius 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
I bet they though people would just settle quickly and quietly, too afraid to have their porn habits exposed. That will teach them.
[–] Y8goKTH959VCLKty8xIz 1 point 4 points 5 points (+5|-1) ago
Is this classified as entrapment ?
[–] AlphaWookie 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago (edited ago)
No. Read the article. Oh fuck I'll save you the time. Wire fraud.
[–] klobos 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
I think entrapment needs to be the government/police doing this. This apparently is considered mail and wire fraud.
"On Friday, federal prosecutors unsealed an 18-count indictment charging Hansmeier and Steele with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit and suborn perjury, and other charges."
[–] ConservativeDev 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I hate lawyers.
[–] cynoclast [S] ago
What do you call 1,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?
A good start.
[–] terren 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
The Judge's language when he penalises them is amazing starting with this quote "“The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” —Spock, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)." https://popehat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/PendaSanctionsOrder.pdf
[–] derram 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
https://archive.is/RILQk :
'Prosecutors allege the men netted some $6 million between 2011 and 2014 by threatening fraudulent copyright lawsuits against hundreds of unwitting victims. '
'On Friday, federal prosecutors unsealed an 18-count indictment charging Hansmeier and Steele with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit and suborn perjury, and other charges. '
'After a while, judges started to catch on, among them Wright, from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. '
'The attorneys, who ran a firm called Prenda Law, would use shell companies to buy up copyrights for pornographic movies, then upload those movies to file-sharing websites such as Pirate Bay, where they would monitor who downloaded them. '
'First, judges started limiting their ability to sue multiple defendants in the same suit. '
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[–] DiscontentedMajority 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Techdirt has tons of stories about these guys if anyone is interested.
[–] hunter3 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
article doesnt load for me
but if you give something away, seems to me you cant sue to have it back
[–] cynoclast [S] ago
And if you put it on the Internet, you gave it away. Which is why Imaginary Property is so hilarious to me.
[–] 7300223? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
What's the problem? Why are they being sanctioned?
This is exactly what the law calls for.