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Dan Booth Law LLC
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Sep 28, 2020 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
You know who Trump paid more than $750 in 2017? Notorious copyright troll Richard Liebowitz.

A thread. 1/15 Julie Dermansky is an environmental activist photographer based in Louisiana. She does excellent work. jsdart.com/index 2/15
Aug 26, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
He’s back. After two months without a new copyright lawsuit, Liebowitz filed in Texas.
courtlistener.com/docket/1747513… The Usherson sanctions required him to include the registration file. He didn’t, blaming the SOL. courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Jul 28, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Liebowitz declares he filed the Usherson order in all his pending cases, to the best of his knowledge. courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… But ... In yesterday's filing spree he also moved to vacate Marano v. The Met, without filing the sanctions order there. courtlistener.com/docket/1620423…
Jul 28, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Liebowitz is ECFing the Usherson order in cases across the country tonight, with a notice that he strongly contests it. Image When's the last time anyone had thought about these cases? The dockets were pretty stale. courtlistener.com/docket/6928472…
courtlistener.com/docket/4616306…
Jul 23, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Judge Furman is a New York native. No doubt that helped him translate "getdafucouttahere" into judicialese. This @questauthority thread does justice to just how thoroughly Furman is doing justice to Liebowitz:
Jul 14, 2020 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
New order in Craig v PopMatters. It doesn't look like it but it's a total explosion. Image See, our post-dismissal motion for sanctions against Liebowitz is pending. ... but what's this letter the judge mentions?
Jul 14, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Liebowitz keeps making fair use precedent (for defendants): courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… Image He sued the Met over a thumbnail photo of EVH enjoying an EVH solo on this guitar: metmuseum.org/art/collection…
May 12, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Copyright suit over background art in porn films shot at a Vineyard rental (!) mostly survives summary judgment: courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… The Court found no fair use, even without market harm. But asked for more briefing to see if the use was de minimis.
Apr 16, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Today’s odd Richard Liebowitz docket is a 2016 suit vs. MVP (Colonial Candle) and three of its retailers: danboothlaw.com/wp-content/upl… 1/6 The claim is MVP used a photo of a hibiscus on its candles, which Bed Bath, Wayfair, and Jet sold. courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… 2/6
Nov 18, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Richard Liebowitz PHV admission revoked in ND Cal today: danboothlaw.com/wp-content/upl… The motion to revoke: danboothlaw.com/wp-content/upl…
Nov 13, 2019 • 13 tweets • 8 min read
In an hour, Richard Liebowitz is due to attend a hearing on contempt of court in White Plains.
danboothlaw.com/wp-content/upl… As @obarcala explained, Liebowitz skipped an April hearing and has evaded orders to show why ever since.
Jul 26, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Update! This lawsuit is now over, and it was just as rotten as the defendants said. Plaintiff *admits* his © registrations were garbage! via @DMassIPLit: dmassiplitigation.com/2019/07/19/sob…
Jul 25, 2019 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Richard Liebowitz, bête noire of the copyright bar, is creating precedent bad for copyright plaintiffs: courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… This case is about Gregory Mango's picture of Kellyanne and George Conway, which Democracy Now ran without a license.
Jul 25, 2018 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Ninth Circuit finds denying Section 505 fees to copyright troll was abuse of discretion: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opin… 2/ The magistrate judge reasoned that an order to pay $1541 for downloading a single movie is sufficient to deter the defendant.
Mar 6, 2018 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Copyright troll gives Trump campaign a photo of Melania, unconditionally, then sues Hearst when Elle runs the photo. boothsweet.com/wp-content/upl… The troll is Richard Leibowitz, who Judge Cote sanctioned just two weeks ago. His "demonstrably false" statements don't help. Image
Feb 6, 2018 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
In dispute over alleged oral agreement with the late Ben E. King, SDNY lets AREC avoid NY’s “dead man’s statute”: boothsweet.com/wp-content/upl… @BoothSweet AREC’s president will testify that King, 9 months before dying, gave AREC 10% of his Stand by Me & There Goes My Baby royalties.
Jan 12, 2018 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Yesterday's order in Janik v. SMG, denying fees over dropped copyright claims, had some fascinating details boothsweet.com/wp-content/upl… For instance: the Magistrate Judge finds that a photographer's name on a contact sheet "qualifies as CMI under the DMCA." Image