Raistlin
11-02-2012, 12:16 AM
Sometimes, I really love the internet.
Marc Randazza is one of my favorite attorneys, and this (http://randazza.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/lets-smurf-up-david-blade-attorney-at-law-and-isanybodydown-com-whos-with-me/) is just another reason why.
Quick summary: Is Anybody Down? is a sketchy website that posts nude pictures of women without their consent, along with personal identifying information (address, phone, FB profile, etc.). This makes it more likely that the nude pictures will show up in Google searches for their names.
Another website, Takedown Lawyer, specializes in sending takedown requests from women to Is Anybody Down? for a flat fee. It promises a 100% success rate.
Here’s the hitch: Is Anybody Down? advertises for Takedown Lawyer, and the domains are registered by the same person. The “lawyer” for Takedown Lawyer (as in, the owner of Is Anybody Down? as well) is also not a lawyer. Basically the whole thing is a thinly-disguised scam where the owner posts the images plus identifying information, and then demands money in order to take the pictures and information down.
Randazza recently got onto this scam, and a couple of days ago launched a crusade to shut down Is Anybody Down?. Another one of my favorite lawyers, Ken White, quickly joined in (http://www.popehat.com/2012/10/30/the-takedown-lawyer-lets-help-marc-randazza-investigate-a-scammer-shall-we/). Others have also joined in the effort or at least spread the story.
The result has been hilarious; you should read at least Ken’s summary (http://www.popehat.com/2012/10/30/the-takedown-lawyer-lets-help-marc-randazza-investigate-a-scammer-shall-we/) for most of the details. Takedown Lawyer has since been changed to Takedown Hammer, due to the whole not-actually-a-lawyer thing, and the real owner, Craig Brittain, has resorted to bluster and raving and a clear misunderstanding of anything law-related whenever someone tries to talk to him. It’s great.
What is your favorite example of internet justice?
Marc Randazza is one of my favorite attorneys, and this (http://randazza.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/lets-smurf-up-david-blade-attorney-at-law-and-isanybodydown-com-whos-with-me/) is just another reason why.
Quick summary: Is Anybody Down? is a sketchy website that posts nude pictures of women without their consent, along with personal identifying information (address, phone, FB profile, etc.). This makes it more likely that the nude pictures will show up in Google searches for their names.
Another website, Takedown Lawyer, specializes in sending takedown requests from women to Is Anybody Down? for a flat fee. It promises a 100% success rate.
Here’s the hitch: Is Anybody Down? advertises for Takedown Lawyer, and the domains are registered by the same person. The “lawyer” for Takedown Lawyer (as in, the owner of Is Anybody Down? as well) is also not a lawyer. Basically the whole thing is a thinly-disguised scam where the owner posts the images plus identifying information, and then demands money in order to take the pictures and information down.
Randazza recently got onto this scam, and a couple of days ago launched a crusade to shut down Is Anybody Down?. Another one of my favorite lawyers, Ken White, quickly joined in (http://www.popehat.com/2012/10/30/the-takedown-lawyer-lets-help-marc-randazza-investigate-a-scammer-shall-we/). Others have also joined in the effort or at least spread the story.
The result has been hilarious; you should read at least Ken’s summary (http://www.popehat.com/2012/10/30/the-takedown-lawyer-lets-help-marc-randazza-investigate-a-scammer-shall-we/) for most of the details. Takedown Lawyer has since been changed to Takedown Hammer, due to the whole not-actually-a-lawyer thing, and the real owner, Craig Brittain, has resorted to bluster and raving and a clear misunderstanding of anything law-related whenever someone tries to talk to him. It’s great.
What is your favorite example of internet justice?