After all, when you file more than 100 infringement suits in just a few months—using a batch of newspaper copyrights to target, among others, political discussion boards, a major political party, and several of the newspaper’s own sources—it’s the sort of thing people tend to notice, and not always in a good way.
“It’s unbelievable,” says Gibson. “There appears to be a groundswell of interest in our business model.” The business in question is based on an unusual shoot-first, ask-questions-later approach to IP litigation that appears to have little, if any, precedent.
