an interesting article on entrapment..

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

Ok I know and realize this has direct ties to Righthaven, but I think it could apply here as well. IMHO I think it's pretty safe to say that some companies /artists / photographers are seeding wallpaper sites in the hopes of following up on folks who see the "FREE Download"" button, and don't know any better and use the images on their sites.. Interestingly enough I even see the word "extortion" used several times, as well as "shakedown"

Here are a couple key points:

"In addition, the LVRJ.com website encourages and invites its users to 'Email This,' 'Save This,' 'Print This' and subscribe to its 'RSS Feeds.' This not only puts the users of LVRJ.com in a quagmire, but it is the opinion of the defendant that LVRJ.com is guilty of entrapment, or at least setting up the users of LVRJ.com for a potential lawsuit. " .............remember that "FREE Download"" button I mentioned???

 "This lawsuit is entirely predatory, frivolous and an abuse of the United States justice system. While the defendant acknowledges that the plaintiff is not bound by law to issue a cease and desist letter when an alleged infringement is found, it is the common legal etiquette and process to begin with a cease and desist letter. Had such a cease and desist order been offered, the defendant would have cooperated and obliged accordingly. The opinion of the defendant is that in not issuing a cease and desist order prior to filing this lawsuit, the plaintiff's sudden filing of a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement is unethical, immoral, improper and indicates a suspicious motivation to do so.

"Plaintiff is engaged in a shakedown or extortion operation, with the express purpose of abusing the legal system to extort or shake down webmasters and bloggers who republish content from the Las Vegas Review-Journal in accordance with 'fair use' and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In the majority of cases, including that of the defendant, victims of the plaintiff's witch hunt are bloggers and webmasters who generate very little revenue, if any, from their sites. ... The plaintiff is operating with expectation that the victims of his `copyright trolling' operation will settle out of court rather than absorb the costs of fighting this matter. "

I'm going to dig a little deeper and see if  judge ruled on this aspect, as it could mean something big coming down the pike to those that like to sow their seeds of wickedness!

Full article:

 http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/aug/23/r-j-accused-entrapment-over-copyright-enforcement/

[SoylentGreen]

Thanks for the interesting article.
It's becoming so clear now, isn't it?

S.G.

[Extortion-Victim-No Longer]

It sure is!!!