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Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve 2019 Torrent Litigation Updates - Can Strike 3 overcome fully the effects of the Cobbler Nevada case? In this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® discusses Bittorrent lawsuits and a potentially new litigation strategy by one of the premier filer of Copyright Infringement lawsuits in the United States - Strike 3 Holdings.  Malibu Media, LLC has a similar l...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Copyright Law Essentials - Getting attorney fees and statutory damages by registering your copyright AFTER you notice infringement.  17 U.S.C. 412 has been used by "copyright trolls" to justify seeking high monetary demands out of court (ex. photography tolls) even though their photos are not registered with the United States Copyright Office.  But, is th...

Send us Fan Mail Software Audit Essentials - Sharing Software on multiple computers, laptops, and servers (in violation of the EULA).In today's modern tech world many software publishers are embedding "phone home" beacons in their software (which is usually set forth in their EULA to avoid invasion of privacy claims).  But these beacons can track usage within your company and if you...

Send us Fan Mail Overview of Nagrastar satellite piracy letter by Attorney Steve®In this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, we discuss satellite piracy and using pirate television websites and forums to purchase Dish Network proprietary codes that unlock subscription television programming.  If you received a letter from Nagrastar, Dish Network, LLC, Echostar or other entity (such as an anti-piracy la...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® - Copyright Infringement Essentials - Willful infringement explained! In this exciting episode of Vondran Legal Hour, we discuss a recent case filed in the Central District of California, but transferred to the Northern District which involved claims of photo infringement.  In this case, a defendant hired a web development company to build out their website, and th...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® the YouTube Dispute Attorney - What you need to know when dealing with a Content ID dispute. Building your YouTube channel is never an easy thing to do. Many times, YouTube channel creators use a variety of source material (including video, images, and news articles).  However, the rightsholders who created this source material may be a YouTube partner, and part of...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Copyright Essentials - Pre-requisite to filing federal court lawsuitsIn this exciting episode of Vondran Legal Hour, we discuss the new case from the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington D.C. which talks about whether a Plaintiff need only have filed for copyright protection, or whether the United States Copyright Office actually has to grant a registration certificate...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Software Audit Essentials - The Autodesk Internal AuditIn this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® discusses the ins and outs of the Autodesk internal audit which raises many questions:1. Is this a scam?2.  Is this voluntary?3.  Is this a contractual audit?4.  How did Autodesk find out?5.  Will I lose my perpetual licenses?6.  Will this be an ON-SITE aud...

Send us Fan Mail YouTube 'Bad Faith' Takedown Notifications and Counter-Notifications - Subjective Bad Faith in 9th CircuitIf someone is taking down your YouTube videos and trying to monetize it (causing you monetary losses), or filing bad faith counternotifications the United States Copyright laws may come into play. Under the DMCA section 512(f) anyone who knowingly materially misrepre...

Send us Fan Mail Autodesk Lawyer Gives Tips for Internal Audit Emails - Are you Compliant on CAD, Revit, Maya, Inventor? In this exciting episode of Vondran Legal, Attorney Steve® the Copyright Attorney, discusses software license compliance issues with Autodesk.  Basically, in some cases Autodesk will want your company to engage in an "internal" audit of your computers, laptops and serv...

Send us Fan Mail Software Audit Essentials - Handling Vero Software Legal Demand Letters In this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® discusses our experience handling cases with this firm.  It has not always been easy. We seek to negotiate these cases in good faith, but it is not always easy" says software piracy defense attorney Steve Vondran.  We have seen their demands range fro...

Send us Fan Mail DMCA Takedown Notice Law Firm - What happens when a seller infrines your copyrioghts or trademarks on Etsy? Attorney Steve®, the Copyright Infringement Lawyer discusses the ETSY DMCA notice and counter notice process when a company feels another person is selling infringing, counterfeit or "copycat" items on Etsy.  Basically, a person alleging infringement or jewelry, bo...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Copyright DMCA Essentials - Building your Youtube Channel Legally! In this exciting episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® explains how to use DMCA law to fight back against persons or businesses wrongfully accusing you of copyright infringement, perpahs because they did not consider fair use, parody, transformative uses and/or they are not the real copyrig...

Send us Fan Mail Vondran Legal Hour - 2019 Legal Updates - ADA Website Accessibility CasesOnline business owners have been wonbdering for the past few years if their websites have to comply with the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act).  In Martinez v. San Diego Credit Union, the 9th Circuit Court said NO, and granted a nonsuit to the Defendant stating that there was no ADA violation where there...

Send us Fan Mail Software Audit Defense - Siemens cases in TexasIn this exciting episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® discusses the Siemens PLM lawsuits featuring "John Does" accused of infringing Siemens sotware.  If you are a company or individual being sued in Houston, Texas by Reed Smith law firm, we can help.  We are probably the leading law firm in this area of torrent so...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® photo infringement essentials - top 5 myths to knowIn this exicting episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® discusses the top 5 myths when responding to photo infringement letters.  For example, are all pictures found on the internet in the public domain?  Will I be sued if I only used one photo?  Do I have a "fair use" defense if the use was not f...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Discusses New Siemens Lawsuit filed in Southern District of TexasIn this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, we discuss case# 4:18-cv-02344 ffiled in the federal court in Texas.  The lawsuit alleges willful and intentional copyright infringement of Siermens Product Lifecycle Management ("PLM") software including NX9, NX10, NX11, Solide Edge, Femap, and NX Nast...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Copyright Infringement Essentials - posting copyrighted movies on social mediaIn this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, we discuss a California federal case from the Central District dealing with a man who posted the Deadpool video (without permission or authorization) on facebook and despite being warned by other users, ended up being investigated by the FBI and indi...

Send us Fan Mail The Photo Lawyer™ In this episode of Vondran Legal Hour Attorney Steve® discusses photo infringement demand letters and the single most important question you can ask if you are being asked to pay hundreds, or even thousands of dollars for using a photo for commercial (or even non-commercial uses) without a photographers consent, permission or license.  One firm famous for these c...

Send us Fan Mail http://www. ThePhotoAttorney.comAttorney Steve® dicsusses the difference between williful and innocent copyright infringement.  If you need a California lawyer to help you recover in a photo infringement case call us at (877) 276-5084.We can help recover, usually on a contingency fee basis, for wrongful theft of your illustrations, drawings, vectors, photgraphs, art, videos, music...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Software Audit Essentials - The #! Blunder you can make as an officer or director of a company responding to a BSA, SIIA or other software audit demand letterIn this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, we discuss the problem of DISLCOSING ALL YOUR SOFTWARE INSTALLATIONS without being protected by legal counsel.  In the business of online software infringement, being hon...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Copyright Law Essentials - The RIght of Fair Use! In this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, we discuss the RIGHT of fair use of copyrighted content and Attorney Steve explains the "Four T's" which help you assert, exercise and protect your legal right and raise your defense if sued in a federal court, or facing a DMCA takedown action on video websites s...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve Trademark College™ - How to prove consumer confusion for trademark infringement. In this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® discusses what a Plaintiff needs to prove to show trademark infrinfgement (consumer confusion).For a free consultation if you are involved in a trademark or copyright infrinfgemen matter call us at (877) 276-5084.For more informatio...

Send us Fan Mail Strike 3 Holdings, LLC says it is not interested in making money in Torrent lawsuits being filed in masse across the United StatesIn this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve addresses extrajudical statements being made (while active lawsuits are pending across the U.S.) in major press such as the Miami Helard.  In this show, Attorney Steve seeks to give his opinion and h...

Send us Fan Mail TrademarkCollege.com - The Business of Trademarks! Attorney Steve Vondran discusses penalties for sellling and distributing counterfeit goods in the United States under Federal trademark law. Penalites can include treble damages, pre-juudgment interest, and statutory damages from $1,000 to two-million dollars per counterfeitted mark. When someone is selling counterfeit goods, a Pl...