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Cyber Cops Hall Of Shame Members Category Added December 1, 2007 |
Last Updated - May 5, 2012
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We fully expect lawyers and politicians to lie to us. That is what they do. And since the most prevalent occupation of politicians is the legal profession,
either a lawyer or someone having a law degree, those two professions are joined at the hip. And those two professions are always ranked low in
public admiration surveys. In our opinion, corporate lawyers are profession liars and prostitutes.
A pickpocket takes your money and leaves you alone after that. A politician will take your money and then expect you to thank him for the experience.
A corporate lawyer will take your money and then tell you to be thankful his bill was not greater even though he lost the case. It appears that the
pickpocket is the nicest of the three.
We consider Cyber Cops to be inherently dishonest. We say this because of how they get paid for what they do. They are bounty hunters.
They get paid by the scalps they collect so the more scalps, the better their billing. Ethics does not enter into the equation.
While they may receive a stipend that could be described as a fee, their primary income appears to come from commissions paid on revenues collected,
through billable hours or per victim they entrap.
They have no incentive to spend time actually determining the degree of alleged infringement, if there is infringement, while they do have an incentive to lie and
distort the incident so it is elevated to infringement, and therefore, billable.
It is a natural fit for many of these Cyber Cops to be lawyers who have started their own companies. Many companies have lawyers on staff. In both cases,
we suspect that these are lawyers who cannot get jobs with real law firms.
We have a negative attitude about Cyber Cops. We state that up front. We think they are inherently dishonest and only motivated by their revenues. We also believe
that they outright lie (gasp!) when threatening non-infringers for the sole purpose of improperly obtaining extortion money or improperly exerting market control.
While there certainly are far too many cases of copyright infringement and trademark infringement occurring on the internet, and we do receive emails about
some of these, what we report are the abuses, of which there are far too many. And Cyber Cops appear to be a significant part of the abuse problem.
Generally speaking, the police are decent, honest, under-paid and at risk, much like the military. Being in the military and being a cop
are the two jobs where you get paid to get shot at while protecting the public all who too often does not seem to give a damn. Unlike those
who make the laws, the military and cops are expected to be perfect. They cannot lose their tempers, they must not make mistakes, and they must
not defend themselves unless fired at first. However, this is not about either occupation. This is about those who voluntarily and willingly take on the job of
Cyber Cop but with a profit motive, not to serve and protect. Our attitude shows. We think yours will show also after you read these pages.
Cyber Cops troll the internet for people who are infringing upon the copyrights and trademarks of others. And, as we suspected,
many do not use trained professionals, but like Continental Enterprises, they use untrained low-paid staff or on-commission contractors
to do the trolling. We have posted a copy of the employment agreement that Continental Enterprises uses where they pay a "bounty"
of $20 for every lead. So, you ask, how do these Cyber Cops make their money? They convince companies to use them to police internet violations
of their intellectual property rights. This billing is done by the hour, the takedown, on commission, or the threat, or a combination of these. Like law firms,
billable hours are their gravy. Some, like Continental Enterprises, engage in what we call
Trademark Extortion
The rights of the other party is not an issue with them because they do not care about that aspect. It is their client who sets the rules
and pays the bills. We think they get a high percentage of the take after expenses.
This list is not going to be complete. There are companies and crooks joining the fray everyday. We can only report those about which we have heard
and received documentation concerning their activities. Some we add when we find other sources who also attack them for thier tactics.
Here they are listed here in alphabetical order.
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Cyber Cops In-Waiting These companies appear to be wannabe Cyber Cops. We know little about them except what we have noted. We are seeking more information about them. As we have noted, any damn fool can start an internet company and talk some other fools into believing they can do what they claim. Cyber Cops are a good example of this. We would not believe any of these companies or their claims. Alphabetically listed:
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