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Appeals Judge Calls Prenda an "Ingenious Crooked Extortionate Operation"
ktetch-pirate ("pirate politician" Andrew Norton) writes with this news from his blog: [Monday] was the long-awaited appeals court hearing in the ongoing Prenda copyright troll saga. Almost exactly two years after Judge Otis Wright went sci-fi on Prenda and its principles, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held an appeals hearing requested by Prenda on the sanctions, and it was not a pretty day for Prenda. Highlights included Senior Judge Pregerson calling Prenda's operation an "Ingenious Crooked Extortionate Operation" after describing in detail how they operate.
Prenda also astonished the judges by welcoming the idea of a criminal contempt hearing, which Legal blog Popehat thinks is likely to happen, on top of the sanctions being sustained.
Prenda also astonished the judges by welcoming the idea of a criminal contempt hearing, which Legal blog Popehat thinks is likely to happen, on top of the sanctions being sustained.
Perhaps a lawyer needs to boldly go and inform this court that they now need to waste taxpayer money translating the sci-fi bullshit presented as a legal argument. You know, for the rest of the planet that doesn't know what a Tribble is.
To an average English speaker who has never heard of Star Trek, the text quoted is far more understandable than the average legal document. Who should pay for the usually required translation from legalese?
There are plenty of highly-trained resources and standing requirements around a courtroom to translate legalese.
In contrast, there are no known requirements for anyone working in a courtroom to translate or understand what the hell a prime directive is and why it is located on a deck. Could the defendants fire up their lawyers under the what-the-fuck-are-you-trying-to-accuse-us-of defense? Likely so, simply based on principle. Again, a lawyer will want to know exactly who to speak to on deck #11 about the prime directive they allegedly are responsible for understanding, with directions on how to get there.
As for the judge, it's called being professional. If you can't maintain this no matter what various assclowns present in your courtroom, then perhaps you should step down.