Imagine you get a letter from your Internet service provider giving you some odd news: You’re not being accused of piracy, but there’s a court order demanding that the ISP hand over your information to a copyright holder who thinks you might be a pirate. That’s the case for several Cox customers who have been caught up in a lawsuit between the cable company and a mammoth music publisher. [More]
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Innocent Cox Customers Fighting To Prevent Personal Info From Being Turned Over In Piracy Lawsuit
By 6.16.15
Alleged Bitcoin Creator Hires Lawyer To Fight Newsweek Story
By 3.17.14
Nearly two weeks after Newsweek claimed to unmask the true identity of elusive Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, the man at the heart of that controversial article — Dorian S. Nakamoto — is exploring legal avenues to, as he states it, “clear my name.” [More]
Woman Ticketed For Driving With Google Glass Pleads Not Guilty
By 12.4.13
Back in October, a California woman was given a ticket for driving while sporting a Google Glass device. Yesterday, she appeared in court to enter a plea of not guilty on the charge of distracted driving. [More]
Restaurant Denies Calling Customers Incestuous Rednecks With Low IQs
By 9.6.13
A recently closed restaurant in Texas is claiming that it had nothing to do with an angrily worded sign in which area residents are not portrayed flatteringly. But some people believe the eatery is only distancing itself from the sign because an attempt at humor backfired. [More]
Woman Hit With Traffic Ticket For Car She’d Sold To CarMax Months Earlier
By 4.19.13
When you sell your car to a used-car operation like CarMax, you’d assume that anything that occurs with that vehicle after that point is not your problem. But a California woman says she was charged with running through a tollbooth in car she’d handed off to CarMax months earlier. [More]
Convenience Store Owner Calls Cops On Unruly Customer, Ends Up Getting Arrested
By 8.2.12
The owner of a Chevron gas station and convenience store in Georgia says that when she called the cops to handle an allegedly rude and unruly customer, things got turned around on her and she ended up being the one in cuffs — all because she couldn’t figure out how to operate the security camera system. [More]
Man At Center Of Vast Phantom Debt Collector Scam Says He’s An Innocent Pawn
By 6.7.12
We’ve written a couple of times during the last several months about the Federal Trade Commission’s efforts to crack down on bogus debt collectors, operating out of call centers in India, who pretend to be police officers in order to scare people into paying money they don’t owe. Now the man identified by the FTC as being at the center of the U.S. side of the operation says he’s merely an innocent pawn. [More]
Mayor Of Florida City Says Marijuana Growing In Yard Isn't Hers
By 7.28.11
On the list of people likely to be growing marijuana on their property, an 84-year-old mayor doesn’t rank near the top. But federal agents found the illegal plant growing on the woman’s property in central Florida. The incident forced her to defend herself at an Oak Hill city commission meeting, at which she said she suspects a political enemy tried to set her up. [More]
