Copyright Defense League Recruiting Extortionist Lawyers

[Greg Troy (KeepFighting)]

You guys are amazing with your research! 

Oscar ,thank you for your complaint letter too.

[Matthew Chan]

I agree with Robert. There are too many Dan B. Levine's.  We have to be more meticulous about connecting the dots to make sure we have the correct one.

[SoylentGreen]

I figure that it's him.
Just Google Map the two NY addresses that I provided.  They're the same.
iWire is listed at that address, with it's head office in Georgia.
The SEC filing and Linkedin confirms that Levine is CEO of iWire.
I'm quite confident about it.  It all adds up.  Anyway, thank me later... lol

S.G.

[Oscar Michelen]

I agree SG, I think you found him as that is the address I found for him also. He's no dummy - he graduated from The Wharton School of Business according to his LinkedIn profile. Looks like trolling is just a pastime for him perhaps.     

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

I'll thank you now SG, along with your google maps search and Oscar's also stumbling upon the same address, it's kinda hard to refute at this point..so now another question....Is Dan B. Levine a lawyer? in good standing? or is he indeed just another John W. Jolin with a made up title?..Actually I have loads of questions.

[SoylentGreen]

I find the whole thing creepy.
McCormack strikes me as buffoon... but I have a weird feeling about these guys.

S.G.

[Mulligan]

I find the whole thing creepy.
McCormack strikes me as buffoon... but I have a weird feeling about these guys.

SG, ditto. I have the same crawling feeling alone the length of my spine with these fellows.

Great work on tracking down this Wharton School of Business troll. I wonder what various WSB professors would say about these copyright trolling extraction schemes? Is the predominant attitude in the business world these days, "If it's legal or close enough to legal to stand up in court for a few rounds, then morality be damned and full speed ahead to the big bucks so we can join the One Percenters?"

[SoylentGreen]

Looks as if CDL runs this DMCA service:

http://senddmca.com/

any DMCA $48... There's even a volume discount for those with "lots of infringements":
"This price drops to $32 each for 2 (a 33% discount) or $24 each for 5 or more URLs to remove (a 50% discount)."

S.G.

[SoylentGreen]

Buddhapi has mentioned Randy Taylor and a woman connected to him, Dagmar Fabricius.
Dagmar also goes by the name "Dagmar Fabricius-Höhler".  Here's some domains and accounts associated with her:

http://dagmarfabricius.com/
http://u000186041.photoshelter.com/
http://twitter.com/dadaflo

She's President of a corporation called International Color Stock, Inc., with Randy Taylor as VP.
http://www.corporationwiki.com/New-York/New-York/international-color-stock-inc-4350283.aspx
Not surprisingly, the corp has no web presence, and doesn't appear to sell any services or products.

Fabricius (along with Mr Taylor in some cases) are associated with several defunct domains including:

www.STOCKCREATORS.COM
www.STOCKHEADSHOTS.COM
www.STOCKMEDIA.NET
www.stockrf.com

Randy Tayor is Editor in Chief of this magazine, with contributions by Dagmar:
http://creatorscircle.com/PDFs/Creators_Circle-issue1.pdf
It has the usual copyright herp-a-derp articles having to do with infringement by teenagers, interspaced with Apollo Mission photos that are public domain.
Taylor also gets in multi-page plugs in for his licensing management software scheme.

S.G.

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

It would appear to my eye, that most of Randy Taylors "business ventures" didn't get very far, to me they all look like flops, maybe thats why he decided to give trolling a try..the sites i've looked at from him are .....ummmmm not very good IMHO...i'm still trying to get over the whole recruiting of attorney thing, only a matter of time before we start hearing more about this sleazy practice.

[Greg Troy (KeepFighting)]

What I find amusing in all of this is that in Dagmar Fabricius Twitter link in the post above she is mentioning and providing a link to a copy of Microsoft office available at The Pirate Bay. I recognized the site from the recent posts SG has made in regards to one of the founders of the site being arrested.

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

Pot meet Kettle!

What I find amusing in all of this is that in Dagmar Fabricius Twitter link in the post above she is mentioning and providing a link to a copy of Microsoft office available at The Pirate Bay. I recognized the site from the recent posts SG has made in regards to one of the founders of the site being arrested.

[Greg Troy (KeepFighting)]

 

Pot meet Kettle!

What I find amusing in all of this is that in Dagmar Fabricius Twitter link in the post above she is mentioning and providing a link to a copy of Microsoft office available at The Pirate Bay. I recognized the site from the recent posts SG has made in regards to one of the founders of the site being arrested.

[Matthew Chan]

Everything about how they operate and made their debut is very strange. There is some degree of cloak & dagger with CDL.

At least with Getty Images, "Masterfail", HAN, Photo Attorney, etc., they have some semblance and elements of credibility in their operation going for them.

However, everything we have uncovered thus far on CDL smells like a sleazy, underground operation.

I find the whole thing creepy.
McCormack strikes me as buffoon... but I have a weird feeling about these guys.

S.G.

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

As per the registration info of the Dan B. Levine, as posted by Buddhapi above;

Dan Levine
16 Evans Drive
Brookville, NY 11545

Brookville, NY also appears to be synonymous with "Glen Head, NY 11545".
Google Maps will reveal these to be the same address.
Nice big houses there; Businessweek says that it's the "weathiest town in America", and J-Lo called it "home".
15 Evans drive sold in August 2011 for... wait for it?  Ready?  2,725,000 dollars:
http://www.neighborcity.com/property/15-Evans-Dr-Brookville-NY-11545-2396261-4969573/

I've found references to a Dan B. Levine, and a company called iWire in the same locale:

Here's an SEC filing with more info about "iWire":
http://edgar.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/vprr/02/9999999997-02-011169

Helpful, yes?

S.G.

Iwire inc was also doing business in Florida as I dug this out from sunbiz.org, looks to me like another losing business..

http://www.sunbiz.org/scripts/cordet.exe?action=DETFIL&inq_doc_number=F02000005077&inq_came_from=NAMFWD&cor_web_names_seq_number=0000&names_name_ind=&names_cor_number=&names_name_seq=&names_name_ind=&names_comp_name=IWIRE&names_filing_type=