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#4142045 - 07/02/15 09:42 AM Anti-Piracy Lawfirm Defrauded Rightsholders Out of Millions  
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http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-lawfirm-defrauded-rightsholders-out-of-millions-150702/

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A lawfirm well known for its anti-piracy activities defrauded its entertainment industry clients out of millions, an investigation has found. Following an independent study by auditing company Deloitte, it's been revealed that an owner of the Johan Schlter Law Firm illegally pocketed at least $15m. A police investigation is now underway.


So the lawyers that supposedly prosecuted alleged pirates turn out to be the real criminals. Colour me shocked, NOT!


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#4142063 - 07/02/15 11:21 AM Re: Anti-Piracy Lawfirm Defrauded Rightsholders Out of Millions [Re: Desert Eagle]  
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Most of the legal profession is a racket just like so many other professions.


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#4142065 - 07/02/15 11:28 AM Re: Anti-Piracy Lawfirm Defrauded Rightsholders Out of Millions [Re: Desert Eagle]  
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There was a law firm in the U.S.A. that did something similar.

At first they were legitimately going after people who download porn from torrent.

When they didn't have enough people to go after, they took it a drastic step further.

They uploaded porn to torrent for other people to download and then went after the people whose i.p. addresses were connected to their porn torrent and downloading from them.

It's like those police stings where they leave a unlocked car or a nice bicycle on the street in a high crime area of town and then when someone takes the bike or car, the police arrest them for theft.

Anyway you cut it, in my opinion, it's entrapment.

If they didn't bait people with it, people wouldn't just go steal a bike or a car or download a porn file.

#4142067 - 07/02/15 11:33 AM Re: Anti-Piracy Lawfirm Defrauded Rightsholders Out of Millions [Re: CG2015]  
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Originally Posted By: CG2015

At first they were legitimately going after people who download porn from torrent.

I guess this was copyrighted porn? Hard to believe that people would bother with that when you consider how easily available free porn is on the net.

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#4142070 - 07/02/15 11:37 AM Re: Anti-Piracy Lawfirm Defrauded Rightsholders Out of Millions [Re: Desert Eagle]  
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Yes, it was rip of porn dvd titles and by the way, it was Gay porn.

But the law firm got in trouble with the courts when they try to bring the people who downloaded their porn to trial.

Google Prenda law firm.

Guess who turned them in? Comcast did when the law firm ask Comcast for the personal information of all the i p addresses connected to their porn torrent.

#4142074 - 07/02/15 11:50 AM Re: Anti-Piracy Lawfirm Defrauded Rightsholders Out of Millions [Re: CG2015]  
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Originally Posted By: CG2015
and by the way, it was Gay porn.


I dont see how that is a relevant detail to what happened.


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#4142079 - 07/02/15 12:05 PM Re: Anti-Piracy Lawfirm Defrauded Rightsholders Out of Millions [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted By: CG2015
and by the way, it was Gay porn.


I dont see how that is a relevant detail to what happened.


It doesn't but I read somewhere the law firm was trying to paint those 'guilty' of downloading porn in a worse light because they were not only downloading porn illegally, they were downloading gay porn illegally and hence they must had been gay which made automatically guilty, according to the law firm.

#4142081 - 07/02/15 12:07 PM Re: Anti-Piracy Lawfirm Defrauded Rightsholders Out of Millions [Re: Desert Eagle]  
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Ah ok I see now. That law firm needs to be closed down.


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#4142083 - 07/02/15 12:11 PM Re: Anti-Piracy Lawfirm Defrauded Rightsholders Out of Millions [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted By: PanzerMeyer
Ah ok I see now. That law firm needs to be closed down.


They were. Shut down. Fined. I think (not sure) someone from it went to jail too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prenda_Law

#4142106 - 07/02/15 01:00 PM Re: Anti-Piracy Lawfirm Defrauded Rightsholders Out of Millions [Re: Desert Eagle]  
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I'd guess the gay porn also has the "advantage" that many downloaders might not have had their "coming out". And they may be willing to accept and pay a fine unchallenged, to keep it that way.

#4142455 - 07/03/15 08:17 AM Re: Anti-Piracy Lawfirm Defrauded Rightsholders Out of Millions [Re: Desert Eagle]  
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Meanwhile, one of the investigators on the Silk Road
Dread Pirate Roberts case is guilty of extorting from
the subjects of the investigation...

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/07/corrupt-silk-road-agent-pleads-guilty/


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