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Re: Copyright Holders Exploit "Loopholes"-Judge Reacts-Cases Dismissed
The order..
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY,
Case No. 11-29024-CA-05
JOHN DOES 1-615,
Defendant(s).
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Order Quashing Subpoena, Vacating Order to Compel-and Dismissing Complaint.This cause came before the Court on March 20, 2013, on Plaintiffs supplemental motionto strike all pending motions objecting to subpoenas as moot. The Court reviewed the motion,any and all responses filed thereto, and heard oral argument.This is one of
many lawsuits known as "copyright troll" suits. They commonly are filed against hundreds of
"John Doe" defendants and then used in order to attempt to obtain or ''troll''for names
of
subscribers
of
an Internet Service Provider ("ISP") such as Comcast CableHoldings, LLC. The plaintiff then uses that subscriber to attempt to elicit a settlement from eachnamed defendant before the defendant is publicly identified.The federal courts have shown extreme hostility to these suits, identifying them as fishingexpeditions that improperly join numerous defendants (thus avoiding court filing fees), as failingto meet federal pleading standards, and as being used to extort settlements from defendants whoare neither subject to the courts' personal jurisdiction nor guilty
of
copyright infringement, butwho are fearful
of
the consequences
of
being publicly named as a defendant in a suit that seeks
Bk 28039
Pg
2741
CFN
2012019507903/19/2012
15:16:21
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1 of 9 Mia-Dade Cty, FL
What "competent" clerk typed this,,,,cant even get the year right....2013??? 
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