07/20/2016

Criminal Productions, Inc. Going After Century Link Subscribers in Colorado Springs, Colorado

By Jeffrey Antonelli Antonelli Law, BitTorrent, Cases, Century Link, Colorado, Comcast, Copyright, Criminal Productions Inc., ISP, Litigation, Motion to Quash Subpoena 3 Comments

Criminal Productions, Inc., the purported copyright holder to the movie “Criminal” is going after Century Link internet subscribers in Colorado Springs and a Comcast Cable internet subscriber in Littleton for allegedly downloading the movie without permission in violation of the US Copyright Act. The case is Criminal Productions, Inc. v. Does 1-13 16-cv-01836-WYD-MEH.

On July 19th, Criminal Productions, Inc filed a motion with the court to expedite the discovery of the names of those persons who pay the internet bill so that the internet subscribers may be named and served with the lawsuit.

In the lawsuit’s Complaint, Criminal Productions, Inc. alleges that 13 unnamed defendants downloaded the BitTorrent file to obtain the movie, via a file named “Criminal.2016.TS.XviD-VAiN” according to the motion to expedite discovery. The motion includes a declaration in support signed by Daniel Macek of Maverickeye UG of Germany. Note: Criminal Productions, Inc., alleges the Century Link internet subscribers used μTorrent 3.4.7, and the Comcast Cable subscriber in Littleton used libtorrent 1.0.0.

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District of Colorado
Criminal Productions, Inc. v. Does 1-13 1:16-cv-01836

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Jeffrey Antonelli is a member of the federal trial bar of the Northern District of Illinois and is admitted to numerous federal courts around the country. He has been a civil litigator nearly 25 years in a broad range of actions representing corporations and individuals as plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court. Jeffrey has been interviewed by the media many times, including Bloomberg BNA, NBC, The New York Times, Chicago Lawyer, Chicago Tribune, and the longstanding lawyer’s publication Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Prior to forming Antonelli Law Ltd. in 2007 Jeffrey worked for several litigation boutiques in Chicago’s Loop as well as a full service firm. His litigation experience includes hotly contested issues in intellectual property, business, insurance, and consumer fraud. He is an adviser to the Illinois Board of Higher Education Advisory Council for Private Business and Vocational Schools (PBVS), and was a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Education Law Section Council from 2012-2013. Jeffrey is especially proud of his work representing hundreds of students defrauded by improperly accredited educational institutions, including as certified class counsel. Before attending law school, Jeffrey was interested first in business, and then in biomedical ethics. These interests led him to graduate from the nation’s largest philosophy department at Loyola University in Chicago, where some of his favorite (and most challenging) subjects were cognitive science and philosophy of science. During college he held positions at the University of Chicago’s Ben May Institute; as a medical assistant for a University of Chicago foot and ankle surgeon; and volunteered in the emergency room at the University of Chicago Hospitals. These experiences led to studying health law at the DePaul College of Law where Jeffrey earned his law degree and a certificate in health law. At that time DePaul’s Institute for Health Law was consistently ranked in the top 10 health law specialty programs nationwide. During law school Jeffrey immersed himself in studying the practical and public policy aspects of health care through internships at the American Medical Association in Chicago, and on Capitol Hill at the Governmental Relations Office of the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, DC. Jeffrey has concentrated in civil litigation throughout his legal career, and is a member of the federal trial bar of the Northern District of Illinois, the Central District of Illinois federal court, and all federal courts of Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana. In addition, he is a member of the DuPage County Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. Jeffrey prides himself on his strong personal ideals, passionate, ethical advocacy, and working hard to bring the best possible results for his clients. He also maintains a special interest in cases involving fraud. Whether due to good parenting, his family’s law enforcement employment, undergraduate studies in philosophy including ethics, or a fortuitous outcome of good breeding, one essence of Jeffrey’s character is a drive to root out the truth behind fraudulent practices.

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