Another Massachusetts Judge issues a strong anti-extortion Memorandum and Order

[Greg Troy (KeepFighting)]

Here is an article which is another win for our side found over at fightcopyrighttrolls.com. Of course as all the cases seem to be lately this is another P2P/bit torrent porn case and once again the judge has spanked the copyright troll bringing the case and even go so far as to say in his statement that this seems to be a developing pattern of extortionate settlement demands. I love it when the court tells the trolls what they are doing is extortionate .

The Court acknowledges without reservation Third Degree’s right to assert copyright protection of the Film and to sue individuals who infringe on its intellectual property. But after a careful weighing of the balance of potential injustices in this case and like cases, the Court determines that any efficiency gains and cost benefits to Third Degree from joining the Doe defendants in a single action are substantially outweighed by the fairness concerns and inefficiencies at trial, the potential prejudice from what seems to be a developing pattern of extortionate settlement demands, and the evasion of thousands of dollars of filing fees.

the entire article may be found here:

http://fightcopyrighttrolls.com/2012/10/04/another-massachusetts-judge-issues-a-strong-anti-extortion-memorandum-and-order/