Going thru the PACER (http://www.pacer.gov/) database brings up many cases I didn't know existed. It seems there was a significantly wider effort in 2005 to combat internet copyright infringement. The US had just installed the Family Copyright Act and these cases are some of the ones attempting to see it implemented.
16 Lucasfilm LTD (pla) gandce 1:2005-cv-01440 820 06/02/2005 02/27/2006 Lions Gate Films, Inc. et al v. Does 1 - 17 17 Lucasfilm LTD (pla) gandce 1:2005-cv-01966 820 07/28/2005 03/01/2006 Lions Gate Films, Inc. et al v. Does 1 - 28 18 Lucasfilm LTD (pla) gandce 1:2005-cv-01967 820 07/28/2005 12/14/2005 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation et al v. Does 1 - 27 19 Lucasfilm LTD (pla) gandce 1:2005-cv-01968 820 07/28/2005 08/25/2006 Disney Enterprises, Inc. et al v. Does 1-3 and 11 20 Lucasfilm LTD (pla) gandce 1:2005-cv-02511 820 09/28/2005 05/04/2006 Paramount Pictures Corporation et al v. Does 1 - 14 21 Lucasfilm LTD (pla) gandce 1:2005-cv-02512 820 09/28/2005 05/02/2006 Lions Gate Films, Inc. et al v. Does 1 - 21 22 Lucasfilm LTD (pla) gandce 1:2005-cv-03041 820 11/30/2005 06/07/2006 New Line Productions, Inc. et al v. Does 1 - 34
82 Lucasfilm Ltd. (pla) moedce 4:2005-cv-00898 820 06/02/2005 11/16/2005 Disney Enterprises, Inc. et al v. Does 1-18 83 Lucasfilm Ltd. (pla) moedce 4:2005-cv-01178 820 07/28/2005 03/24/2006 New Line Productions, Inc. et al v. Does 1-18 84 Lucasfilm Ltd. (pla) moedce 4:2005-cv-01582 820 09/28/2005 07/11/2006 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation et al v. Does 1-11 85 Lucasfilm Ltd. (pla) moedce 4:2006-cv-00617 820 04/12/2006 07/19/2006 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. et al v. Does 1 - 20
91 Lucasfilm Ltd. (pla) nysdce 1:2005-cv-06761 820 07/28/2005 12/15/2005 Universal City Studios Productions LLLP et al v. Does 92 Lucasfilm Ltd. (pla) nysdce 1:2005-cv-06762 820 07/28/2005 11/10/2005 Disney Enterprises, Inc. et al v. Does 93 Lucasfilm Ltd. (pla) nysdce 1:2005-cv-06763 820 07/28/2005 10/26/2005 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation et al v. Does 94 Lucasfilm Ltd. (pla) nysdce 1:2005-cv-08336 820 09/28/2005 06/08/2006 Disney Enterprises, Inc. et al v. Does 1-58
Would like to review these documents. (and there's tons of other things which could be interesting) But need some assistance to speed up the process. What I am asking people to do is create an account at PACER.gov and in a semi-coordinated effort, download the documents everyone finds interesting. But there are possible fees, here's how that works.
On the front page of PACER (http://www.pacer.gov/) at the bottom is a paragraph which explains the fees of the site.
Expanded PACER Fee Waiver In March 2010, the Judicial Conference of the United States approved reducing the costs for many users of the PACER system. The Electronic Public Access fee schedule has been adjusted so PACER usage of less than $10 in a quarterly billing cycle is waived, in effect quadrupling the amount of data available without charge. Previously, usage under $10 in a calendar year was waived.
All users of PACER will receive a quarterly invoice or statement indicating the amount of quarterly charges and amount waived (if under $10). Users registered for paperless statements will receive an emailed notice of billing. The email contains the account balance, payment due date and a link to view the invoice or statement.
The idea is to coordinate the efforts of multiple people to download the documents, all staying under the $10 limit. (i'm already $100+ in the hole)
I'm going to make a webpage which will house the documents, and coordinate this effort.
If you are interested please e-mail me at: pl1x@earthlink.net