Piracy Log with Attorney Steve®

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® discusses key current events with legal team.  The Covid-19 crisis is taking stage front and center.  Lights, Cameron and Action hosts the show as we discuss a variety of topics including:1.  Wearing masks in public2.  "Novel" virus - what it might really mean3.  Happy Fourth of July4.  NY consider subpoenas for persons who will not comply with contract t...

Send us Fan Mail Photo Infringement Updates 2020 - How do Higbee & Associates define a "non-commercial" entity? When you receive a copyright infringement demand letter from a company like PicRights (who, for example, may present a photo infringement claim by Agence France-Presse - a company that registers many photos in "groups" with the United States Copyright Office) thin...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® - BitTorrent Litigation Updates - Early Discovery by Strike Three Holdings, LLC is DENIED.  What is their hurry anyway? A federal court judge in San Diego (Southern District of California) - Judge Jill Burkhardt in Civil Case 20-cv-00209-BAS (JLB) recently DENIED adult film producer Strike 3 Holdings and their efforts to seek "early discovery" in an alleg...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Entertainment Law Essentials - The California Talent Agency Act ("TAA")If you are dealing with an agent or personal manager (or don't know the the difference, this show is for you).  Attorney Steve® provides a general legal overview of the act, and whose regulated, and what happens if they are not.  Good general background for first time actors, actr...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Copyright Infringement Essentials - Section 1202 false information, Removal or Alteration of Copyright Management Information ("CMI").In this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Intellectual Property lawyer Steve Vondran discusses what the CMI 1202 claim is, and what damages are available for intentional and knowing violations of the law (for example, removing...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Copyright Essentials - Online infringement and "unmasking" the "anonymous" infringer with a 512(h) subpoenaIn this exciting episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve discusses the general process of using a 512(h) subpoena to learn the identity of a person or company who may be infringing on your copyright, trademark, trade secrets, or misap...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® - Copyright Law Essentials - The "embed" defenseThis is an important podcast if your company uses photos, images, illustrations or other copyrighted content (not belonging to you, and not created by or licensed to you or your company) and you share these photos even links to these photos potentially on your Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or other commercial...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® - the Photo Infringement LawyerIn this episode of Vondran Legal Hour we discuss one of the most important things to know if you received a photo infringement demand letter from a Santa Ana photo infringement law firm known as HIgbee & Associates.  This firm can be seeking settlements in the hundreds, or even thousands of dollars range.  Thus, it is important to...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Internet Law Essentials - Online YELP reviews that may not be defamatoryIn this exciting episode of Vondran Legal Hour Attorney Steve® discusses the YELP content guidelines and how you may be able to have a negative YELP review of your business removed based on Yelp's own policies.  As a private social media platform, they get to set their own rules, but usual...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® - California Privacy Insights - Need CCPA consultant?  Call us.  I was doing "this" before there was a "this."California has passed new data information privacy law (the CCPA) that takes effect on January 1, 2020.  The law provides customers new rights to:Know what personal information is collectedKnow how that information is shared and with who...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® - Infringement Report - Selling Counterfeit Goods OnlineSelling Counterfeit products on sites like Shopify, Alibaba, Amazon, Etsy or eBay can cause significant legal trouble including fines and penalties up to 2 million dollars.  There could also be criminal implications if serious enough.  In this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® discusses what happe...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Civil Procedure - Meet and Confer Obligations - California Central District Rule 7-3Is your local counsel not playing fair or by the rules?  For example, they want to file a motion to dismiss a lawsuit or counterclaim (or file another motion covered under Local Rule 7-3) in the Central District Court of California?  If so, the local rules say their counsel needs to...

Send us Fan Mail BitTorrent Litigation Updates 2019 - Motion for Early Discovery (to send ISP subpoena) DENIED!!In this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® discusses internet file-sharing cases and in particular, Strike 3 Holdings (who has filed over 3,000 lawsuits in a short amount of time) many in the Federal Courts, but also now doing something new by filing cases in Miami-Dade Count...

Send us Fan Mail Copyright Infringement Essentials - Penalties and Sanctions for "disposing of the evidence."In this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® IP lawyer discusses what happens when you are faced with litigation and possibly receive a litigation hold letter.  In these cases, you have a duty to preserve evidence and if you don't and judgment can be entered against...

Send us Fan Mail Boxing Piracy Essentials - Step one - DON'T TALK TO THEIR ATTORNEYS ON THE PHONE.  This would be your FIRST and BIGGEST mistake. In this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® discusses what happens if your bar, restaurant, club, sports bar or other establishment is accused of illegal broadcasting (or copyright infringement) of the boxing match, UFC fight or even a so...

Send us Fan Mail Strike 3 Holdings, LLC - BitTorrent Litigation Updates - California citizen sued in Florida for "Equity" in "Pure Bill of Discovery."  What on earth is this? Our boutique copyright infringement law firm has seen it all, but now we are seeking something new.  Strike 3 Holdings, (a prolific filer of adult ography file-sharing cases, along with Malibu Media), now...

Send us Fan Mail Copyright Infringement Essentials - Strike 3 and Malibu Media Settlement Factors - Home Equity and HELOC'sOur law firm represents many people and companies in software audit cases and Strike 3 Holdings adult ography defense.  For example, if you get a demand from Bandlow Law Firm (who represents adult company Strike 3 in many copyright infringement filings in California inclu...

Send us Fan Mail Software Audit Essentials - Hiring a IP & Technology Law Firm that insists on Billable HoursIt is mind-wracking when you get a letter demanding a software audit (either internal, contractual, random, or "informant-generated."  The next question becomes what type of law firm do I hire?  Here are the three factors I think you need to keep in mind:1.  Experienced - we h...

Send us Fan Mail Copyright Essentials - DMCA Takedown - Selling Infringing Products on AmazonIn this exciting episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® discusses how to issue a DMCA copyright takedown notice if you see someone selling a product with your copyright or trademark online.  Here is information about their registered agent.  For help, contact us at (877) 276-5084 or visit Attorney...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Breaking IP Legal News - Facebook "Supreme Court" to launch in 2020IntroductionMany people have been complaining about having their social media posts taken down because someone flagged it as offensive or in violation of facebook, instagram (and even twitter - not covered by this new court, but possibly in the future). Other complain that it is "poli...

Send us Fan Mail Software Audit Compliance Tips by Attorney Steve®, the Copyright LawyerIntroductionHaving handled hundreds of software audits we have learned some very basic key tips every company should be aware of, adopt and apply in their daily business practices to avoid major software vendors like Vero software (alphacam, surfcam), Microsoft (Windows and Office and Cal's the big issues...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Software Audit EssentialsIn this episode of Vondran Legal Hour (sorry about the sound quality, thought I was using my Rode mike but wasn't), Copyright Lawyer Steve Vondran discuss three companies who use the "phone home" technology to monitor, track and catch software infringers.  Is this a legal practice?  The companies we discuss are Vero, Masterca...

Send us Fan Mail 2019 Torrent Litigation UpdatesIn this podcast, Attorney Steve® provides an overview of some things going on in the BitTorrent legal trenches following the 9th Circuit "Cobbler Nevada" case.  The Cobbler court said a Plaintiff must allege "something more" than just a IP address to withstand a motion to dismiss an alleged illegal file sharing (of their adult vid...

Send us Fan Mail Autodesk International Copyright Audits - International Updates 2019Our firm is a leader in the United States representing companies in software license compliance.  Autodesk has a global presence, for example in:1. United Kingdom (U.K.)2. Baltics3. Nordics4. Benelux5. Ireland6. Belgium7.  Denmark8. Sweeden9. Europe10.  Africa11.  Middle EastThey are helping architects and enginee...

Send us Fan Mail 2019 Real Estate Broker - Copyright Liability Risk AreasIn this exciting episode of "Vondran Legal Hour," Attorney Steve® California copyright lawyer and former real estate broker discusses his Top 10 legal risk areas that brokers and agents need to be thinking about in order to avoid costly copyright infringement claims.  There are many tpes of digital content that real...