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b-side Michael Avenatti charged with attempting to extort Nike for $20 million Mark Frauenfelder

Business Blackmailers use false copyright claims to shut down victims' Youtube accounts, offer to lift them in exchange for Bitcoin Cory Doctorow
bside New sextortion phishing scam uses target's harvested password Andrea James
Copyfight Rightscorp finished Sept 2017 with $3,147 in the bank, warns investors it will likely have to shut down without more cash Cory Doctorow
Business Canadians are getting "blackmailed" by US copyright trolls Cory Doctorow
extortion 86-year-old woman warned she could be fined $5,000 for illegally downloading a game she's never heard of Mark Frauenfelder
Business Notorious copyright troll sentenced to 20 weeks' prison time for beating Uber driver Cory Doctorow
Business Surprise: Copyright trolls rip off the rightsholders they supposedly "represent" Cory Doctorow
Business Copyright trolls who claimed to own "Happy Birthday" will pay $14M to their "customers" Cory Doctorow
wifi FCC fines Marriott $600,000 for jamming hotel Wi-Fi Glenn Fleishman
Business Rightscorp cuts-and-runs as soon as it is challenged in court Cory Doctorow
Business Cyber-crooks turn to Bitcoin extortion Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Appeals court nukes the copyright troll business-model Cory Doctorow
Business Judge tells porno copyright troll that an IP address does not identify a person Cory Doctorow
Business Unless companies pay, their Facebook updates reach 6 percent of followers Cory Doctorow
law Ugotarrested: Man charged with operating revenge porn site Ugotposted.com Xeni Jardin
Copyfight Panama's new copyright law is the worst in the history of the universe Cory Doctorow
education Valedictorian denied diploma after "hell" quote in speech Rob Beschizza
extortion Duke Nukem publicists publicly threaten journalists whose reviews contain "venom" Cory Doctorow
extortion Judge to copyright troll: your lawsuits are shams, give it up Cory Doctorow

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