Copyright, trolling and speculative invoicing in the shadow of the law

Recommend to Your Librarian

We rely on recommendations to sustain and expand our platform. If you appreciate what Faculti does and want to power its platform, technology and journalists through another crucial year, please consider recommending us today.



Media Literacy Toolkit

Faculti's Media Literacy Toolkit helps viewers critically engage with academic insights by analyzing the research context, identifying perspectives, and encouraging thoughtful evaluation.

Critical Questions to Consider

  • What assumptions does the research make?
  • Are there alternative perspectives not explored?
  • What are the limitations of the research method?

Bias and Perspective Awareness

This research comes from . Reflect on how the institution's academic focus and research partnerships may shape the questions being explored.

David Wall explores the phenomenon of ‘copyright trolling’, which is the (il) legal practice often referred to as ‘speculative invoicing’ that deliberately upsets or embarrasses individuals to get them to pay for material they may or may not have downloaded illegally. It looks at the policing of digital copyright in the UK, US and Germany by exploring the legal practice of copyright trolling as well as some recent examples of litigation in those countries. More specifically, it asks the question as to what extent have some intellectual property lawyers been creatively and entrepreneurially seeking to use the threat of court or exposure to embarrass defendants into making payments.

Publication

Image courtesy of interviewee. April 2, 2019

Log-in or Sign-up to Faculti
Currently viewing this subject insight as a guest. You have insight(s) remaining for this month. Login to view 8000+ figures on the platform.
Copyright © Faculti Media Limited 2013 - 2025. All rights reserved.
error: