Slabbed publisher Douglas Handshoe obtains a default against Marilyn Smulders and Progress Media of Nova Scotia after both knowingly misrepresented a DMCA takedown notice in December 2012. Smulders and Progress Media were duped into misusing United States copyright laws to unwittingly aid Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard, who was later indicted and convicted of corruption charges in metro New Orleans Louisiana, including allegations by United States Prosecutors that Broussard used his Nova Scotia property holdings to perpetrate a bribery scheme. This is the first such 17USC512(f) judgment obtained in the United States Federal 5th Circuit, which includes Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
Slabbed publisher Douglas Handshoe obtains a default against Marilyn Smulders and Progress Media of Nova Scotia after both knowingly misrepresented a DMCA takedown notice in December 2012. Smulders and Progress Media were duped into misusing United States copyright laws to unwittingly aid Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard, who was later indicted and convicted of corruption charges in metro New Orleans Louisiana, including allegations by United States Prosecutors that Broussard used his Nova Scotia property holdings to perpetrate a bribery scheme. This is the first such 17USC512(f) judgment obtained in the United States Federal 5th Circuit, which includes Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
Slabbed publisher Douglas Handshoe obtains a default against Marilyn Smulders and Progress Media of Nova Scotia after both knowingly misrepresented a DMCA takedown notice in December 2012. Smulders and Progress Media were duped into misusing United States copyright laws to unwittingly aid Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard, who was later indicted and convicted of corruption charges in metro New Orleans Louisiana, including allegations by United States Prosecutors that Broussard used his Nova Scotia property holdings to perpetrate a bribery scheme. This is the first such 17USC512(f) judgment obtained in the United States Federal 5th Circuit, which includes Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.