Porno copyright troll sentenced to 14 years: "a wrecking ball to trust in the administration of justice"

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/06/14/probable-trump-pardon.html

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And no tears were shed.

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In reality, he ran a blackmail scheme disguised as a copyright case. Because he specialized in porn because that has the potential to be embarassing, and that alone would get people to settle.

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It’s still baffling to me that they went to so much work to make a criminal enterprise, with the fake business fronts, the fake torrent monitoring company, the the fake lawsuits, the money laundering, all of it, when they could have done this for real as a regular copyright troll, no lying needed. They come off as real sociopaths, without a care for the law whatsoever.

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Blackmail is more profitable than doing legal things

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They somehow managed to be such terrible people that they couldn’t even get hired as legal copyright trolls. It’s kind of impressive, when you think about it.

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James Renken attended and livetweeted the sentencing, noting that the judge handed down a sentence in excess of that requested by the prosecutor through the plea deal, saying that Hansmeier’s "abuse of trust harmed the administration of justice…Like a wrecking ball to the trust and confidence people have in the administration of justice."

Right now I’m trying very hard to convince myself that this bodes well for true justice once Trump is out.

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I’ll be in my bunk.

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So… they fraudulently obtained $6M in settlements, probably costing their victims even more than that in legal fees, and now they have to pay $1.5M in restitution? I mean, the jail time is a refreshing change from the usual way white-collar criminals are handled, but why are they being allowed to keep most of their profits? Take back the full $6M plus triple damages; if they don’t have it, seize everything they possess and auction it and distribute the proceeds.

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It’s not like he’ll need that money in prison. He can work at a fraction of minimum wage if he needs something from the commissary.

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There is a lot wrong with law in the US, I’m glad some people can see that and take steps to rectify it.

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Good to see something that looks like justice for a change.

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While I don’t advocate for the death penalty, I would nonetheless consider abuse of the justice system, the system that gives all laws their teeth, to be tantamount to treason.

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Do “tears of mirth” count? :joy:

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Then you are a scary individual who should not be allowed anywhere near the justice system.

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Who me? Aw, don’t be scared.

What part of my post are you disagreeing with? The death penalty stance or that the use of our justice system for personal gain is a high crime deserving of the most severe punishment on the books?

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Terrible waste, locking him up.
Surely there’s an appropriate position for him in the Trump administration where his skills as thieving liar can somehow be used to the good of the nation. Like every other POS there, POTUS on down.

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Prenda’s tactics included identity theft, entrapment (uploading their own files to The Pirate Bay in order to generate downloads that they could threaten people over), and several kinds of fraud.

My, my. This implies the death of torrent “honeypots” as a legal tool o.O’.

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“Like a wrecking ball to the trust and confidence people have in the administration of justice.”

I wish judges would say that to abusive cops.

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Up to the point when they are standing before a judge awaiting sentencing. Then it may seem like it’s not the best idea. But I could be wrong. Maybe the odds of getting caught are lower than I like to think.

I thought it was interesting that info wasn’t touched on in the post itself, when “porno” was mentioned in the title.

I was also wondering why five of the silhouettes in the page graphic had backwards question marks on them.

Was the designer just lazy? Because I see it’s the same image as the blue ones, just flipped and turned grey.

But wait… the silhouette is the same (flipped), but the font for the backward question mark and placement is different.

Also, why have three different “mystery person photo” representations?

Man. That’s bugging my designer OCD.