One of these, Lightspeed Media Corporation v. In order to maintain the level of pressure on hapless Does, Prenda started a couple of showcase lawsuits in various states. These fireworks took place last month, but 1.5 years ago Prenda’s spine was not yet broken. An unbelievable Chutzpah (the decision to add ISPs to the defendants list), defense attorneys’ intellectual superiority, and the inherent frivolousness of the action - all these factors contributed to this spectacular downfall - a $261,025.31 judgment against John Steele, Paul Hansmeier and Paul Duffy personally. Then the case was removed to the federal level and ended with a remarkable defeat of the extortionists. Judge LeChien, who raised many brows by disproportionally favoring Prenda, tried to defy common sense by stubbornly dismissing numerous motions to quash until the Superior Court of Illinois slapped him on the wrist.
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It was obvious even from reading an extremely vague complaint that this lawsuit was merely a fishing expedition to uncover and harass owners of more than 6000 IP addresses, produced by a random number generator called “ Arcadia Security” (a “forensic company” owned by the plaintiff). John Doe “hacking” lawsuit that was filed in a hellhole of St Clair County, IL. This fiasco stems from a previous action - a poorly conceived Lightspeed Media Corporation v.
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