Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Traverse Internet Law Federal Court Report: November 2011 - Copyright Infringement Cases


The facts are unproven allegations of the Plaintiff and all commentary is based upon the allegations, the truthfulness and accuracy of which are likely in dispute.


IN RE: SSC GROUP, LLC
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
1:11-MC-23891
FILED: 10/27/2011

Some states permit an action to be filed prior to filing a lawsuit that permits certain limited discovery. This often allows a Plaintiff to get a much better idea as to how to proceed going forward and it can be a valuable tool to use.

This action was brought to permit pre-lawsuit testimony surrounding an alleged BitTorrent file transfer group.

Petitioner desires to perpetuate the testimony of proper Defendant who has not yet been identified. Petitioner expects to obtain testimony from the affected Internet service providers concerning the personally identifying information for each of its Internet service subscribers whose accounts were used to infringe upon Petitioner’s copyrights. Traverse Internet Law Cross Reference Number 1532.