Comcast Allegedly Confirms That Prenda Planted Porn Torrents

Posted by Unknown on Monday August 19, 2013 @07:07PM from the copyright-lawyer-doesn't-know-copyright dept.

lightbox32 writes "Porn-trolling operation Prenda Law sued thousands for illegally downloading porn files over BitTorrent. Now, a new document from Comcast appears to confirm suspicions that it was actually Prenda mastermind John Steele who uploaded those files. The allegations about uploading porn to The Pirate Bay to create a 'honeypot' to lure downloaders first became public in June, when an expert report filed by Delvan Neville was filed in a Florida case. The allegations gained steam when The Pirate Bay dug through its own backup tapes to find more evidence linking John Steele to an account called sharkmp4." The problem for Prenda being that initiating the torrent would give anyone who grabbed it an implied license.

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Re:Next step by gagol · 2013-08-19 19:39 · Score: 3, Funny

Hopefully, it would not involve lubricant, or at least some sand in it...

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Tomorrow is another day...
Re:Next step by ragefan · 2013-08-19 22:56 · Score: 2, Funny

What is this world coming to when a porn company is not completely on the up-and-up?
Re:Implied license... by guytoronto · 2013-08-20 00:55 · Score: 4, Funny

Walking is more natural than driving, but I'll take a Porsche over a pair of running shoes anyday.
Re:Implied license... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-20 01:32 · Score: 3, Funny

That's why you're so fat.
Get some exercise, fatty.