One idea I like was originated by April Brown regarding involving the FTC in determining how copyright infringement claims should work.
There are a set of rules set by the FTC that Debt Collectors follow. It seems like a logical extension that the FTC could be convinced to change how copyright infringement claims should work.
I believe there has to be sufficient mass to compel change. The biggest copyright extortionists are those involved in the P2P/Bittorrent realm right now. I follow FightCopyrightTrolls.com and DieTrollDie.com as they are ELI counterparts in their own specialties.
The good news is that judges are getting fed up with the P2P/Bittorrent abusive lawsuits. That gets so much attention, it drowns out the extortion letter dilemma.
There are a set of rules set by the FTC that Debt Collectors follow. It seems like a logical extension that the FTC could be convinced to change how copyright infringement claims should work.
I believe there has to be sufficient mass to compel change. The biggest copyright extortionists are those involved in the P2P/Bittorrent realm right now. I follow FightCopyrightTrolls.com and DieTrollDie.com as they are ELI counterparts in their own specialties.
The good news is that judges are getting fed up with the P2P/Bittorrent abusive lawsuits. That gets so much attention, it drowns out the extortion letter dilemma.
Well after searching the forum I see that the idea of a class action suit is hardly new. It's hard for me to believe it would be considered legal to be basically harass people they know they have no legal claim against just to extort money, as this case pretty well is an example of, as well as mine - so I would think it would be possible to make a case for damages in those cases.
But I'm not a lawyer so i'm sure Oscar would know better.