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on: December 18, 2016, 10:27:17 PM
Two lawyers, one from Chicago and the other from Woodbury, Minnesota were arrested Friday on federal fraud charges, accused of using copyright lawsuits to extort millions of dollars from hundreds of people who had downloaded pornographic movies.

Federal prosecutors say the pair used sham entities to purchase copyrights to pornographic movies, then sued people who downloaded the movies, collecting some $6 million in settlements from 2011 through 2014.

The Minnesota U.S. Attorney said the lawyers conduct was outrageous and cast doubt on the integrity of the legal profession. 

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Reply #1 on: December 18, 2016, 10:35:01 PM
Illinois and Minnesota? At least we know one of them wasn't Toe...

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Reply #2 on: December 18, 2016, 11:22:54 PM
How did they not get caught sooner?


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Reply #3 on: December 19, 2016, 01:18:50 AM
Who is going to admit to downloading porn, KitKat?

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Reply #5 on: December 19, 2016, 11:36:52 AM
Here we have an impressive example of the spirit of enterprise gone off the rails.

Overheard on the golf course:

Prescott, meet my friend Mort. He's a lawyer too.

Hi, Mort, pleased to meet you. What's your specialty? I do mostly real estate.

My partner and I do intellectual property.

Patents?

More copyright, actually.

That must be interesting. How's business?

Booming! And more fun than you might think!

This is the kind of thing they're talking about when they say America has become a litigious society.
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Reply #6 on: December 19, 2016, 04:09:46 PM
Quote from: Katiebee on December 19, 2016, 01:18:50 AM
Who is going to admit to downloading porn, KitKat?

My thought exactly as to why people paid them.

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Reply #7 on: December 19, 2016, 07:04:59 PM
Quote from: toeinh2o on December 19, 2016, 04:21:23 PM
Quote from: watcher1 on December 19, 2016, 04:09:46 PM
Quote from: Katiebee on December 19, 2016, 01:18:50 AM
Who is going to admit to downloading porn, KitKat?

My thought exactly as to why people paid them.
I offer free legal advice to anyone caught in a scam.  Don't pay anyone anything without asking me about it in a PM first.

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Reply #8 on: December 20, 2016, 04:06:28 AM
Always respond with massive overkill!

The soviets added an 11th Principle of War to that which the Western nations follow. It was Annihilation.

It seems to be effective.

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Reply #9 on: December 21, 2016, 02:33:47 AM
Quote from: Katiebee on December 19, 2016, 01:18:50 AM
Who is going to admit to downloading porn, KitKat?

I do!  :emot_laughing: 

Not paying a dime for it, though, since I'm not making any money off of it.

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Reply #10 on: December 21, 2016, 03:46:08 PM
Quote from: RopeFiend on December 21, 2016, 02:33:47 AM
Quote from: Katiebee on December 19, 2016, 01:18:50 AM
Who is going to admit to downloading porn, KitKat?

I do!  :emot_laughing: 

Not paying a dime for it, though, since I'm not making any money off of it.

Doesn't matter.  People who own the copyrights to whatever porn they own, have somewhere buried in the very fine print, a word or two about not downloading their wares.  Basically, a scam since so much porn is on the internet nowadays and producers of porn are losing money so they concocted a way to recoup some of their expenses.

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