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by lrs 5105 days ago
I don't know, man - I'm no ally of the Plaintiffs in this case, but I don't think I buy that argument.

What Comcast characterizes as "shakedowns" are really just negotiated settlements. The fact that the claims didn't go to litigation doesn't necessarily indicate that they aren't valid; it just means that they were settled before it became necessarily to file a lawsuit.

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This one law firm has had cases against tens of thousands of internet users. To this date they have never served a single one.

Here's proof from Prenda itself in a court filing: "Although our records indicate that we have filed suits against individual copyright infringement defendants, our records indicate that no defendants have been served in the below-listed cases."

http://www.scribd.com/doc/83287284 (page 4 - all cases)