Copyright Troll May Have Set an Expensive Precedent for Copyright Trolls

Re:Copyright Troll May Have Set an Expensive Precedent for C... by mdturnerphys on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @10:11AM (#21514661)

Mr. Liewbowitz is currently under a contempt order and being fined $500/day until he provides proof that his grandfather died back on April 12th, which was his excuse for missing a court appearance that day [0].

[0] https://reason.com/2019/11/07/the-judge-and-the-suspicious-d...

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Re:Copyright Troll May Have Set an Expensive Precedent for C... by tarr11 on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @10:33AM (#21514855)

Wonder what’s going to happen tomorrow ...

“Further, Mr. Liebowitz is hereby ORDERED to appear before this Court in person on November 13, 2019 at 10 a.m., and there and then SHOW CAUSE why he should not be incarcerated until such time as he complies with the above-described orders (and, if applicable, the instant order).”

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Re:Copyright Troll May Have Set an Expensive Precedent for C... by mark-r on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @02:16PM (#21517122)

There's nothing like a little jail time to motivate a person.

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Re:Copyright Troll May Have Set an Expensive Precedent for C... by ksherlock on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @09:02PM (#21532082)

http://thesmokinggun.com/buster/cathy-seibel/richard-liebowi...

``In an attempt to counter Seibel’s devastating dissection, Richard Greenberg, one of Liebowitz’s lawyers, said his client was “not playing with a full deck,” adding that he shared the judge’s “mystification” as to Liebowitz’s behavior.''

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Re:Copyright Troll May Have Set an Expensive Precedent for C... by mdturnerphys on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @12:11PM (#21515787)

An update: it looks like his grandfather did pass away in April, but on the 9th, not the 12th as he repeatedly claimed [0].

[0] http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/investigation/judicia...

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Re:Copyright Troll May Have Set an Expensive Precedent for C... by hn_throwaway_99 on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @05:31PM (#21518930)

I'm so sick of the number of sociopaths in this world. What adult on this planet lies about the date of a close relative's death for an absence excuse, then proceeds to double down multiple times when his bluff is called?

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Re:Copyright Troll May Have Set an Expensive Precedent for C... by throwGuardian on Thursday November 14, 2019 @02:56AM (#21533625)

Just about every employee ever late to work

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Re:Copyright Troll May Have Set an Expensive Precedent for C... by Vordax on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @01:02PM (#21516363)

Leonard French is a copyright lawyer that covers many cases, he goes through many of the documents in the Richard Liebowitz cases, check out his channel "Lawful Masses": https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChBJtu4BhT8b8t9Qe9R-EZg

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Re:Copyright Troll May Have Set an Expensive Precedent for C... by daniel-thompson on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @11:37AM (#21515433)

I assume that since the lawyer has history in front of this judge, and the judge knows he's a lying dirtbag, this is the judge's chance to get his willful, continuing deceit on record and possibly get him on the road to disbarment.

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Re:Copyright Troll May Have Set an Expensive Precedent for C... by supernova87a on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @11:17AM (#21515238)

Good on her (judge). Let this lawyer be on the record as having lied before the court, or be fined until he learns his lesson.

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