>* A small law firm in Chicago, through a series of shell transactions, acquired the rights to some porn properties. It seems like they originally did have pro

>* A small law firm in Chicago, through a series of shell transactions, acquired the rights to some porn properties. It seems like they originally did have proper contracts to sue on behalf of porn studios, with the porn studios getting a cut of the settlements. Then that well dried up, due to a combination of factors like very slow moving cases and a few nasty countersuits against the porn studio owners that had to be settled for cash going the wrong way. It's only at that point where they decided they could just buy the copyrights to films directly, and get rid of the pesky clients.