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The US Copyright Group, the law firm behind the infamous 'The Hurt Locker' lawsuits, is suing another lawyer who was kind enough to offer help to those that had been linked in the mass lawsuit.
Graham Syfert, a document lawyer, produced self-help documents to enable the defendants in the case to defend themselves, for as little as $9.95 for the set of documents (which includes a Motion to Quash, Motion to Dismiss, Affidavit in Support and a Motion for Protective Support, and all the needed instructions for the defendants in order to fill out these forms). Syfert believed that by doing this, it can save defendants a lot of money ("a settlement is approximately what an attorney would need to even begin a defense", he told TorrentFreak back in August), and that if everyone files these easy to use self-help documents, it will cripple the money making efforts of the US Copyright Group, AKA Dunlap, Grubb and Weaver.
And his plan worked, sort of. The US Copyright Group were so incensed at Syfert's "meddling", that Syfert received threats from lawyers at USCG threatening to sanction him. This was back in September.
And that's exactly what they did last week, when the USCG filed papers in court requesting sanctions against Syfert, for making the USCG work too hard in their mass lawsuits. Syfert fired back by requesting sanctions against the USCG because he believes the USCG's requested sanctions are "completely insane".
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Graham Syfert, a document lawyer, produced self-help documents to enable the defendants in the case to defend themselves, for as little as $9.95 for the set of documents (which includes a Motion to Quash, Motion to Dismiss, Affidavit in Support and a Motion for Protective Support, and all the needed instructions for the defendants in order to fill out these forms). Syfert believed that by doing this, it can save defendants a lot of money ("a settlement is approximately what an attorney would need to even begin a defense", he told TorrentFreak back in August), and that if everyone files these easy to use self-help documents, it will cripple the money making efforts of the US Copyright Group, AKA Dunlap, Grubb and Weaver.
And his plan worked, sort of. The US Copyright Group were so incensed at Syfert's "meddling", that Syfert received threats from lawyers at USCG threatening to sanction him. This was back in September.
And that's exactly what they did last week, when the USCG filed papers in court requesting sanctions against Syfert, for making the USCG work too hard in their mass lawsuits. Syfert fired back by requesting sanctions against the USCG because he believes the USCG's requested sanctions are "completely insane".
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