One of the original “copyright trolls,” a porn company called Perfect 10, has been slapped with a massive $5.6 million fee award that could finally shut down the decade-old lawsuit factory. Perfect 10’s model has been to sue third-party providers for carrying images of its porn. It hasn’t been afraid to go after big targets, either—Perfect 10 even sued Google over its image search, resulting in an appeals court case that made crystal clear that such searches are fair use . Despite that ruling, Perfect 10 went ahead and sued Microsoft on similar grounds three months later. The company also sued Giganews, a Usenet provider, in April 2011. Perfect 10 pursued claims for both indirect and direct copyright infringement, stating that Giganews employees directly uploaded infringing images onto its network. Giganews ultimately prevailed on all grounds; now, Perfect 10 has been required to pay its substantial legal bill as well. Read 10 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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“Copyright troll” Perfect 10 hit with $5.6M in fees after failed Usenet assault
