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Re:Sheriff's Office Told Officer to Play Copyrighted Music t... by thaumasiotes on Thursday September 16, 2021 @01:21AM (#28548344)
Your parent comment has nothing to do with the behavior that got Prenda sanctioned, which was representing themselves to the court as a third-party law firm retained by the copyright owner when in fact they were the first-party copyright owner themselves.

I have never understood why anyone viewed what happened to Prenda as a victory against copyright trolling. Prenda was a group that engaged in blatant, abusive copyright trolling, yes. And the official opinion of the legal system is that that was fine, and other people should keep doing it.

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Re:Sheriff's Office Told Officer to Play Copyrighted Music t... by rhizome on Saturday September 18, 2021 @01:58PM (#28578026)
Fair enough, I think the collusive part would be a vulnerability in the strategy. But even so, Fair Use is still in play.

I imagine the legal fallout from this would be very bad for the police department itself. Communications about this scheme would be public records.

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