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>The Prenda "porn trolls" were really just an annoyance to the ISPs until they sued the companies; that put AT&T and Comcast in a situation where "they will be

• latk 13y ago
  The judgement on the case would probably not be much different, considering that the Prenda lawyers have also lost various other cases without naming any ISPs as defendants. This order discusses a motion by Comcast and AT&T for attorney fees, which the judge deems appropriate because (a) Prenda unnecessarily elongated the process by naming the ISPs as co-defendants without any valid claim, and (b) as a reprimand for Prenda'a “willingness to lie to the Court” and “disregard […] of justice”. The damages are tabulated as follows: Anthony Smith (main defendant) 187.2h á $200.00/h – $409.00/h → $72,367.00 AT&T 158.7h á $110.00/h – $295.00/h → $38,987.83 + $870.29 215.0h á $250.00/h – $555.00/h → $80,524.50 + $864.92 total $119,637.05 Comcast 132.0h á $212.50/h – $531.00/h → $57,144.23 + $806.98 36.9h á $300.00/h → $11,070.00 total $69,021.26 TOTAL JUDGEMENT: $261,025.11 So yes, Prenda would have to pay a lot less attorney fees hadn't they got the ISPs involved, and possibly even none at all, considering that the motion for fees was brought forward by the ISPs. You can read the judgement yourself at https://ia600705.us.archive.org/3/items/gov.uscourts.ilsd.58824/gov.uscourts.ilsd.58824.100.0.pdf https://ia600705.us.archive.org/3/items/gov.uscourts.ilsd.58...