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“Copyright troll” Perfect 10 hit with $5.6M in fees after failed Usenet assault

One of the original "copyright trolls," a porn company called Perfect 10, has been slapped with a massive $5.6 million fee award that could finally shut down the decade-old lawsuit factory. Perfect 10's model has been to sue third-party providers for carrying images of its porn. It hasn't been afraid to go after big targets, either—Perfect 10 even sued Google over its image search, resulting in an appeals court case that made crystal clear that such searches are fair use.

 

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