Graham Syfert (a Jacksonville attorney, who does not need an introduction) posted an interesting investigative piece today. I found it extremely important and encourage everyone to read it. But before you start, I want to point out to one coincidence that Graham did not mention (probably he did not know): a person who we strongly believe was John Steele had been commenting on this blog via Mullvad VPN (links at the bottom). Although it does not prove anything per se — a single exit IP address is shared by many VPN users — the fact that Mullvad VPN was allegedly used to seed certain pornographic movies is interesting.

sharkmp4: The Prenda Law Honeypot By Graham Syfert Many know of the problems encountered by Prenda Law in the case of Sunlust v. Nguyen, a copyright infringement case that resulted in the Sunlust v. Nguyen hearing transcript. Many also know of the cases of Steele, Prenda, and Duffy v. Paul Godfread, Alan Cooper, and The Internet. And everyone who is reading this probably knows that there has been a problem in California, where a federal judge is quite concerned regarding the client and firm merging together in cases titled in the Plaintiff’s name of AF Holdings and Ingenuity 13. Recently, the question came to be asked: Has anyone ever seen these movies they’re suing on available anywhere but bittorrent? I do not have any current AF Holdings or Ingenuity 13 cases, I have never looked at the works, or even focused on Ingenuity 13 any more than hunting Alan Cooper or Salt Marsh. But I decided to try and help. Oh, and I guess the Prenda Law client VPR Internationale, also comes into play. Probably others. Knowing that Steele likes to sue the internet, for making false statements, I will simply present the facts.

Continue reading on the Graham Syfert’s blog…

12/28/2016 Update: Unfortunately, this blog post was removed by the author, and it isn’t available on the Wayback Machine. On 6/3/2013, I received the following from the Pirate Bay folks (verified, the same email was also sent to TorrentFreak):

| 7529073 | Mommy Loves Cock #5

| 2012-08-13 17:28:41 | 50.77.50.222 |

| 7529137 | Sarina Valentina Fucked in the Kitchen [shemale]

| 2012-08-13 17:40:33 | 50.77.50.222 |

| 7529155 | TSDolls.com – Scarlat Mendes – 2012.08.09

| 2012-08-13 17:47:34 | 50.77.50.222 |

| 7552199 | Alexis Texas sucks and fucks at a porn show [2012]

| 2012-08-21 00:54:51 | 46.21.99.22 |

| 7819909 | In Love with Jynx Maze – 10 scenes of this sexy young fox

| 2012-11-13 01:35:40 | 75.72.88.156 |

| 7825185 | TSDolls.com – Andrezza Lyra – 2012-09-25 [shemale]

| 2012-11-14 17:14:58 | 75.72.88.156 |

| 7825203 | TSDolls.com – Juliana Souza 2012-10-14 [shemale]

| 2012-11-14 17:20:48 | 75.72.88.156 |

| 7825260 | TSDolls.com – Nicole Valentim 2012-11-06 [shemale]

| 2012-11-14 17:30:30 | 75.72.88.156 |

| 7832814 | Sexual Icon – 5 New Scenes of Nina Mercedez

| 2012-11-17 00:31:14 | 46.21.99.29 |

| 7844770 | [Vivid] 69 Scenes – Latinas Love Big Cocks (2011)

| 2012-11-20 19:51:42 | 46.21.99.29 |

| 7848258 | Allie Sin Megapack – Over 60 videos

| 2012-11-21 19:46:21 | 46.21.99.29 |

| 7892402 | Asian Bad Girls [2012]

| 2012-12-06 00:56:18 | 46.21.99.29 |

| 7912530 | Sexual Obsession [Split Scenes]

| 2012-12-11 19:30:54 | 75.72.88.156 |

| 7936734 | Blowandswallow.com – 38 scenes

| 2012-12-19 00:31:27 | 85.17.31.120 |

| 7940008 | Sarina Valentina – Hot Sex on Bed 2012-12-18 [shemale]

| 2012-12-19 23:03:32 | 46.21.99.29 |

| 7968216 | Tory Lane Megapack

| 2012-12-29 01:00:50 | 46.21.99.29 |

| 8119701 | Tasha Reign Pornstar Pack

| 2013-02-09 00:11:31 | 46.21.99.29 |

| 8144465 | Look What I Found in the Street 5 [2004] [split scenes]

| 2013-02-14 21:44:33 | 75.72.88.156 | username: sharkmp4

email: sharkmovie99@gmail.com Hope it can help to identify if sharkmp4 is Prenda!

Comments from Mullvad VPN addresses — (strongly suspected) made by John Steele

Coverage

TechDirt: Lawyer Suggests That Prenda Law May Have Only ‘Released’ Movies It Sued Over As A Honeypot For Lawsuits by Mike Masnick.

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