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USCG Sues Copyright Defense Lawyer
ESRB writes "The US Copyright Group has sued Graham Syfert, an attorney who created a packet of self-representation paperwork for individuals sued for P2P sharing of certain movies and moved to have sanctions placed against the defense attorney. Syfert sells these packets for $20, and the USCG claims the 19 individuals who have used it have cost them over $5000."
Under English law, a lawyer merely provides advice which the client is free to make use of or to ignore, and there are plenty of legal self-help books. There is an excellent one for company secretaries which, back in the 90s, saved me thousands in legal bills. Is this not so in the US?
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From the article:
(..) users who had downloaded films like The Hurt Locker, Far Cry and Call of the Wild
I liked the game Far Cry, so how about that movie? Is it any good? Is it worth the download?
They're either thick as a plank or they actually want more defendants to self-represent.
Considering that they're a pro-copyright group and therefore think we don't yet have enough copyright laws on the books, I'd go with "thick as a plank".
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Anyone know where one could download the self-representation paperwork packs?
Im kidding.....
Because of pirates, now you need not wonder anymore.
Congratulations, you win the "most appropriate username ever" award.
There is absolutely no way that this is actually what it looks like on the surface, its just way to ridiculous.
Speaking of, can someone show me the way to ridiculous?
And then they can sue him again for the money they lost in this litigation. Profit loop!
do you even know what the claims of the suit are? I read the article but it didn't say, and I can't imagine what legally plausible claims could be made in this kind of situation. But, I can certainly imagine that there are plausible claims that I can't imagine.
Tortuous interference of fishing blackmail expeditions? That's vigilantism!
... pirated copies of these documents?
now we need to go OSS in diesel cars
I think the U.S. Coast Guard should sue the U.S. Copyright Group.
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