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Re: Judge Wright issues Prenda Law order

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I've enjoyed following the ongoing saga of this case. Many thanks for the detailed followups of each court session. It would be safe to say that the judge has gone with the "nuke them from orbit" option, as it's the only way to be sure these predators won't continue their dirty actions.

If you remember, the Xenomorphs survived being nuked ...

Re: Judge Wright issues Prenda Law order

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post #6

I've enjoyed following the ongoing saga of this case. Many thanks for the detailed followups of each court session. It would be safe to say that the judge has gone with the "nuke them from orbit" option, as it's the only way to be sure these predators won't continue their dirty actions.

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Footnote number 5 is so acidic I feel burned just by reading it. (Context: read paragraph #1 in the introduction first, summarizing the conspiracy's business model.) http://www.popehat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/PendaSanct...

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In the introduction the judge stated that the settlement costs were calculated to be just below a bare bones defense, ie it'd be more expensive for people to fight the lawsuit as opposed to settling; so the judge says that his punitive measures were calculated to be just below the cost of an appeal, ie reap what you sow Prenda.

Re: Judge Wright issues Prenda Law order

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Confused -- Why all the rigamarole, instead of going RIAA-style after the thousands-to-millions of actual porn copyright-infringers?

Because the porn industry doesn't have the representation in DC; it doesn't have the centralized power to pursue highly expensive legal warfare; it doesn't have any sympathy vote; it has very little power; it has relatively little money compared to Hollywood or the recording industry (to attract K Street lobbyists). There is no porn industry equivalent of the RIAA.

Re: Judge Wright issues Prenda Law order

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post #9

No sympathy for Prenda but damn if this line didn't remind me of Aaron Swartz: "Federal grand jury investigations are very slow, but represent experienced practitioners bringing almost unlimited resources to bear against their targets."

I wonder if there was ever a movie in which the Cavalry came calling to the rescue, but went after the wrong target? I seem to recall a Twilight Zone episode (or maybe it was a Stephen King Short Story) in which an infantry platoon razed a village, only to discover that it was actually their own hometown, somehow masqueraded as some foreign land.

I willing to wager that if we looked at it with objective perspective, 95% of the time the Federal Grand Juries are doing work for good, it's only 5% of the time that they are misguided - but it's that 5% that we all seem to remember.

Re: Judge Wright issues Prenda Law order

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post #6

I've enjoyed following the ongoing saga of this case. Many thanks for the detailed followups of each court session. It would be safe to say that the judge has gone with the "nuke them from orbit" option, as it's the only way to be sure these predators won't continue their dirty actions.

If you remember, the Xenomorphs survived being nuked ...

I wouldn't say they survived being nuked. One hitched a ride off the planet, infected a dog/cow, and was later killed; and apparently another hitched a ride inside of Ellen. Since neither were present for the nuclear blast I wouldn't say they survived it. Ellen/It were later cloned to recreate xenomorphs, but I don't think there is anything in the canon to say that the xenomorphs which were nuked were able to survive.

Nuking xenomorphs from orbit does seem to be a very good way to be sure.

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