New Prenda Law Shell Corp Threatening to Tell Your Neighbors You Pirated Porn 258
It appears that Prenda Law, freshly defeated, has formed a new shell company named the "Anti-Piracy Law Group," and has resumed sending threatening letters to supposed porn pirates. But this time, they've expanded their threats (from a letter (PDF) sent to Fight Copyright Trolls): "The list of possible suspects includes you, members of your household, your neighbors (if you maintain an open wi-fi connection) and anyone who might have visited your house. In the coming days we will contact these individuals to investigate whether they have any knowledge of the acts described in my client’s prior letter"
Naturally, the letter also notes that the recipient can avoid having the list of videos they supposedly copied sent to their neighbors and family if they settle for a few thousand bucks...
well (Score:2, Informative)
Who cares unless you live in Utah or in a monastery?
However the Utah thing is relevant as they watch more porn per capita than anywhere else in the U.S....
Stick to accurate accusations (Score:5, Informative)
From TFA:
infamous scumbag Steve “Lightspeed” Jones, a pornographer who specializes in “barely legal” genre (i.e. he recruits and films very young girls)
(emphasis theirs)
Now, by all means call him a scumbag on the basis of his extortion and blackmail. By all means find actual ways in which the way he produces porn is scummy.
But the "barely" in "barely legal" means they're above the age of consent, and hence not "very young". Indeed, since he's in the US, and they're (barely) legal, they must be 18 (2 years older than the age of consent in many countries), and capable of making their own decisions.
RICO (Score:5, Informative)
Straight from copyright troll to racketeering? Impressive!
It's not defamation if it's in a lawsuit (Score:3, Informative)
Note, however, that if those statements are proven false they will have legal consequences within that context.