Paul Hansmeier: Copyright Troll & Vexatious Litigant

Almost ten years ago, Paul Hansmeier and Prenda Law concocted a scheme to turn piracy into money, suing thousands of alleged infringers who accessed copyrighted files via BitTorrent. But Paul crossed the line - and is now serving 168 months in Federal prison for fraud and money laundering. That hasn't stopped him from trying to restart his scheme. #PaulHansmeier #PrendaLaw #CopyrightTroll Continue the discussion with the Lawful Masses Discord Community: https://discord.gg/SpC2utzr56 Support Lawful Masses! patreon.com/ljfrench sponsus.com/law THANK YOU SUPPORTERS! March 2022 $50+ Supporters: (April supporters begins April 2) John Steel, Gavin Barnard, Eevi, Spirit Bear, Benjamin Hitov, Ugly Grill, Gutbrodj, torpedan, ShadowTycho, Earthbound Star, PureMagma, TechTechPotato, Eric Tams, The Blood Soaked Survivors, Wyatt Calandro March 2022 $5+ Supporters: (April supporters begins April 2) Christoph Bolliger, Arron Washington, Keith Marrocco, Dustin Rodriguez, Josué Vicioso, Cindy Campbell, Brian Flowers, Mark Curtis, Lazy Wolf, Meaningless, amelius, Aethero Toland, Nick Bush, John Swanson, matthew beller, Priscilla Astling, Schuyler Rowe, EvoGamer, Kreachers, tdis8629, admalledd, khagerou, First Last, As the World Burns, wrozmo, Dawn Massaro Guy, Medeka, Bee Geiger, Phaedrus Socrates, David Zaslavsky, Christian Ullrich, Roger Chen, Brian Roush, Rudolph Bescherer Jr, Firstname Mclastname, Lydia Collinson, HotGrillsInYourArea, JH, Stephen Bank, Tron Bårdgård, Mark Randall, Richard Shotwell, Sarah Gerweck, Matthew East, Pat Delaney, Mario Bonales, Euchale, Ian McDonald, Marcus Agehall, Joe Roberts, Sokar117, Jonathan Robillard, Amanda Gillies, Justin Waddell, Andrew Sellers, Nathaniel, Tony Cruickshank, Druid, Jason Lingle, Zzyzx Wolfe, Kasaryth, Oisin Creaner, Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Stephen Christopher, Keuric, TEEKAY, Stefan Persson, Frederick Cooper, CombatZAK, Jaimeson LaLone, Alexander Sihn, Naomi Pool, Andrew Reid, Gregory Ford, EnvyingWrath, Brody Eastwood, sehro, Brian Rossman, FunnyHats, Dzyan, Chris Lindsay, allquixotic, Albert Demello, Rico Robbins, Darkwolf, Anthony Webb, John Peter, Daniel Kertesz, Nathaniel Reindl, Kai Raphahn, Andrew "FastLizard4" Adams, Jesse Stam, Si Wellings, Jessica Pearson, RedR0ze, LbxAni, Daniel Ducharme, Ph.D., majikthise, foonix, TheEuphoGuy, Brian, Matthew Bertrand, Jack Draak, DyneOnline, Eye_Make_Stuff, Nick Rowland, Timothy James Dodd, Scott F. Comstock, James Melanson, Lewis, Kat Willhite, DreamerDon, Komrade Kettenkrad, Matt Arnold, Alan Nise, anton.molyboha, Kyle Siefring, Marianne Fletcher, The Disturbed Angel, Elliott Ingram, Eric Woodley, Raindrop Works, Liryca, Logan Stromberg, scj643, eyebrows360, Chris Connett, Haplo, Michael Ciesielski, Chris Hilliard, Tesserakt, Eric Barker, Travus, Q Squared, Greg, Jeffrey Cash, Gef the Mongoose, toadbear, jak_ub, Gergely Varju, Jason Glaesemann, DrJKL, Lawrence Groupe, WarrantyVoid, Michael, pizzafourlife, ChaoQueen, DrakeDT, Andrew Venier, QuasiAutonomous Bosch, CacklingDonut, Bill Tonnies, Rabid Ronin, Thomas Dinsdale-Young, Zendane, Katrina Middleton, varia, itheoryon, AnnoyedRook, cwestpha, Fubar, jag1110, STEVE YOCUM 😎, kildes, Alisdair Meredith, Bill Somerville, Mike Dunford, Kasper Brandt, rcmaehl, James Oxford, JohnSwanson, Michael Stokes-Byrne, JovialJuggernaut, c, Jorge Vittes, Nate Gray, Tony Webster, Warren Rumak, Evan Davis, Ross, Dustin Bosveld, Jeff Gordon, Bryan Lubeck, Lawful Leah, jsteelkw, RunsWhenChased, ricin, PinkFluffyTeddyBear, Paul, Globochemist, Rodney Nelson, Chip Phelps, Rovert09, Ivan Chepurnyi, Rob Voisey, XPEric, Kris Hetzel, Thedougler303, Christina B, balayanr, Maarten Wisman, Negligibly Negative, Robert Z, Wolfendragoon, Matthew E, sean murphy, OsculatingPlane, Landon Noll, Tyy_, Chet McMasterson, Abby Sulima, Thomas Richard Tetreault, Justin Bassett-Green, Ryan Schott, Richard Margolin, casimireffect, Dennis M S, Kantorock, AvaGlass, EyesWideOpen, Cmdr Obbert42, zensalad, Robert Maehl, jSON, Jennifer and David Brock, Andrew LePlatt, David LeBlanc, void, Jabberwoky69, Foxtrek_64 00:00 - Intro & Background 03:12 - Paul Hansmeier, Vexatious Litigant 04:22 - Litigation Background 08:21 - Res Judicata 15:30 - Hansmeier's MN Lawsuits 18:11 - Hansmeier II is different 19:33 - Failure to Serve 21:11 - Paul Hansmeier, Vexatious Litigant 23:35 - The Court Imposes Filing Restrictions 25:18 - Leonard Thoughts 28:01 - Credits & Thanks! 29:29 - Outtakes