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Anti-Piracy Lawyers Caught Pirating Each Other

Posted by samzenpus on from the dog-eat-dog dept.

An anonymous reader writes "We would like to think that the lawyers that are prosecuting alleged copyright infringers are practicing what they preach, but it looks like one of the most high profile firms involved in such cases are just as guilty of stealing others' work as those who are downloading illegal media."

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  1. Jason Scott by doronbc · · Score: 2, Interesting

    just talked about this in his defcon talk, "You’re Stealing it Wrong" http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2714

    1. Re:Jason Scott by Ihmhi · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I just wanted to say thanks for pointing that video out to me. I had never heard of Jason Scott and I found his talk very interesting, even though it was over an hour long. I'll definitely be checking his site out: http://textfiles.com/.

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  2. Re:No "creative value" though by Gerzel · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No there is a great deal of creative value. Winning these types of cases can mean the difference of millions of dollars and these letters work to win such cases. That is a lot of value. It might not be artistic value but it is still value.