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Stockfood America seeks to recover money for alleged photo infringement. Higbee & Associates letter may be best if handled by a copyright lawyer.

Copyright Watchdog® – Strike 3 Holdings Files More Lawsuits in Florida!! Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. JOHN DOE subscriber assigned IP address 47.199.238.60 Filed: April 1, 2019 as 8:2019cv00781 Plaintiff: Strike 3 Holdings, LLC Defendant: JOHN DOE subscriber assigned IP address 47.199...

Attorney Steve® Copyright Essentials – Using NASA images,  videos and audio in your YouTube channel and blogs. Attribution:  Photo of the Apollo 14 moon landing courtesy of NASA. ASA ID: 7120040.  Date Created: 1971-02-05. Introduction This blog discusses, generally, how NASA images, videos,...

Attorney Steve® Software Audit Essentials – Dealing with the Defamatory “Informant” in anti-piracy investigations and audits. Whistleblower Informant or Corporate Sabotage Defamer.  You need to know the difference.  SIIA audit case law. Introduction The Business ...

Here is a list of all Strike 3 Holdings, LLC lawsuits filed as of the date of this post.  As you can see, they have been REALLY BUSY IN LITIGATION!!!  If you have received a notice from your ISP such as Cox or Comcast, call us for a free initial consultation.  From my count, it looks like 2,940. ...

Attorney Steve® Torrent Lawsuit Updates 2019.  Strike 3 Holdings sanctioned in Eastern District of California. Introduction It looks like serial copyright infringement filer Strike 3 Holdings (who often asks for 50k per settlement) is having some problems in the Eastern District of California...

Attorney Steve® Photo Infringement Updates – RSS feeds can lead to legal trouble?  Yes, hard to believe. Introduction – hypothetical situation Nothing like learning that there is more liability lurking on your website this time through Photo Infringement coming through your RSS Feeds that you...

Our Southern California Law Firm can review your case pertaining to the educational scandal.  If you believe you may have a case against UCLA, USC, Stanford or another University or College in California, contact us for a free case review. VIDEO:  Click on the image above to hear Attorney Stev...

Alibaba and U.S. Copyrights In recent news a Chinese e-commerce powerhouse, Alibaba, has been relevant for a number of reasons but notably for its vendors blatant copyright infringement. In this blog, I will go over what Alibaba encompasses, China's copyright laws in general, and a prominent leg...

Attorney Steve® Copyright Essentials! Main points to consider when filing a Copyright Infringement Lawsuit in the United States. Introduction Our boutique copyright infringement and entertainment law firm can help file lawsuits alleging violations of music, film, song, lyrics, film, video, bo...

BitTorrent Litigation Tips by Attorney Steve® – The Settlement Agreement – anonymous or not? Introduction Our law firm has appeared in over 100 federal court cases dealing with federal copyright law.  We have helped many people resolve internet law disputes involving illegal movie download ...

Attorney Steve® BitTorrent Litigation Essentials – Flava Works Lawsuits (Illinois and Florida)   Introduction This blog involves demand letters and lawsuits brought by Flava Works.  This company strongly enforces their copyrights so it is very wise to seek legal counsel before trying to handl...

Here are the new cases filed this month by prolific copyright infringement filer Strike 3 Holdings, LLC – Thirty-two new filings.   Casse numbers – Strike 3 Holdings, LLC Here are the recent cases filed in the United States.  If you received a subpoena notice from your ISP call us for a free ...

Internet Privacy Lawyer – California Revenge Porn Overview (Invasion of Privacy)   Introduction Our intellectual property, entertainment, invasion of privacy law firm may be able to assist you if you are the victim of revenge porn or invasion of privacy on the internet. Click here to learn mo...

Drones, RING, Surveillance cameras – Are you invading your neighbor's privacy? Introduction It seems everyone is installing some type of video surveillance device on their homes and businesses these days.  If crime is not on the rise, it certainly must feel that way too many as more people in...

ActivePDF – Letter of Destruction / Audits Introduction This blog discusses ActivePDF software and their audit provision and letter of destruction licensing compliance practice.  If you received a letter from this company, or their legal representatives, contact us for a free initial discussi...

Software Audit Essentials – Open Text   Introduction Our law firm has helped many companies facing software audits, from the Business Software Alliance to Autodesk and Microsoft.  This blog, however, deals with another company you may have received an audit letter from – OpenText.  According ...

“P2P FIle-Sharing Defense – Abandonment of Copyright Defense Introduction In a recent case a Defendant accused of downloading 20 movies claimed that Malibu Media (a prolific filer of federal copyright lawsuits along with Strike 3 Holdings, LLC), had abandoned its copyrights to its adult porno...

California Entertainment, IP & Privacy Lawyer – The “Four Privacy Torts” discussed by Attorney Steve®   Introduction California law protects individuals from privacy intrusions on a number of different fronts.  Essentially, there are 4 main torts dealing with the right of privacy in Californi...

Attorney Steve® Software Audit Essentials – Autodesk Licensing Schemes Introduction This blog addresses question I get quite frequently when representing companies in Autodesk audits (whether internal or letters received from their main intellectual property law firm Donahue F...

Apple APP Store Game Infringement Disputes Introduction Video games and mobile applications can be the subject of copyright and trademark protection.  These can also be infringed by competitor game companies who sell “copycat” games.  When a dispute arises, it may make sense to have a law fir...

Photography infringement updates – Getty Images big win on MSJ!!  Contact us about our No Recovery-No Fee Plaintiff contingency recovery program!!!   Introduction Here is a case from the Southern District of New York involving Getty images, a defendant in the case, who won the case on motion ...

The Pirate Bay and Peer-to-Peer (from a legal perspective) What is the Pirate Bay? According to Wikipedia: “The Pirate Bay (sometimes abbreviated to TPB) is an online index of digital content of entertainment media and software. Founded in 2003 by Swedish think tank Piratbyrån, The Pirate...

Attorney Steve® Fair Use Guidelines for Documentary Films Introduction In recent years documentary filmmakers have been under stricter limitations in regards to clearing copyright regulations in order to use certain content in their films. Although this seems like a specific problem only a fe...

DMCA “Bad Faith” Takedowns and Counternotifications may require a Plaintiff to prove subjective bad faith. Introduction Many people are submitting knowingly false DMCA takedown claims on YouTube.  The DMCA law prohibits this type of bad faith conduct. However, proving it may b...