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[–] derram 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

https://archive.is/RILQk :

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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