Another article criticizing Copyright Troll John Steele placed under review by Current. No free speech here?
1)Attn: Porn Fans. You can help stop Copyright Troll John Steele's "blackmail" campaign by canceling memberships and boycotting products from his clients(Cached version available on Google. Unfortunately, it is missing multiple updates and most of the comments. Back-up to be re-uploaded once I figure out a safe place to put it)
2)No dissent or protests allowed on Current? Article calling for a boycott of a Copyright Troll's(John Steele) Clients suddenly placed under review
Strange thing is, I can't shake the feeling that Mr. Steele's presence in the comment sections had something to do with the articles disappearing.
Not going to type any more in this article, since it will probably be under review and hidden soon.
Time to find somewhere that won't suppress citizen journalism.....
However, I still doubt that this is Current's fault. For whatever reason, I can envision people who stand to lose millions if Mr. Steele's campaign falls through furiously clicking the flag article and/or flag comment button until the articles disappear.
Can't say for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case
Part of the reason I don't think it's current is the fact that the articles are under review but my account remains active. To have two articles suppressed back to back without being banned seems odd
BTW, if anyone thinks I am being paranoid please consider the fact that the current expected profit from all of Mr. Steele's publicly announced lawsuits is at least $21 million. That minimum assumes he gets a 100% settlement rate. If people fight him...well just have to wait and see what happens
I should also mention that the deadline for a settlement for several hundred of Mr. Steele's blackmail targets(Amateur Allure targets) is 4pm tomorrow afternoon. Maybe that has something to do with the articles disappearing...maybe not
[Three fun facts about Hard Drive Productions Inc(the owners of the Amateur Allure site(based on public records and their own website):
1)The company's $3 million lawsuit over the alleged downloading of a single file is supposedly going to compensate the entire staff of the site for damages they "suffered". The total number of employees for the company: 3. That's a cool million per staff member
2) The site pays most its models a couple thousand per scene, if that. So the model in the video who did all the work probably got paid less than the sum that is being demanded from each John Doe in the lawsuit.
3) The company complains about declining sales but acknowledges on its site that there are over 90,000 other adult sites to choose from instead of theirs
That's the kind of people involved]
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Another article just went down:
Inside Job? The host for Copyright Troll John Steele 's client also hosts free porn tube sites
This article has been up for about 23 days. So, if this goes down $20 says Mr. Steele or one of his clients is involved.
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4thePeoplesrights
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VeritaAtirev
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The truth is John Lawrence Steele wants to keep this side of his business separated from his more noble businesses like 1-800-DIVORCE. His image is on all his sites related to family law or business but there are no images of him or any lawyers on http:/www.mediacopyrightgroup.com or
http:/www.wefightpiracy.com. Does this mean that he isn't proud of his noble work, methods, and/or business model?John L. Steele
161 North Clark Street #4700
Chicago, IL 60601Phone: 312-893-5888
Phone: 312-880-9160
Fax: 312-893-5604Email:
john@steele-law.com
jlsteele@wefightpiracy.comWeb:
http:/www.mediacopyrightgroup.com
http:/www.wefightpiracy.com
http:/www.steele-law.com
http:/www.steelecorporate.com
http:/www.familylawlifeline.comHere is yet another method to where he is trying a work-around to his jurisdiction challenges. He even chose to file this test case in a different district than his other cases.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110204/23142912973/mass-p2p-porn-lawyer-tries... - 1 year ago
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VeritaAtirev
