Copyright trolls are in the business of acquiring the right to bring lawsuits against alleged infringers and threatening to file copyright infringement claims in order to induce rapid settlements against large groups of defendants.
The term “troll” has been used in the patent arena since prior to 2000, but only recently have several nonauthor rights holders adopted a version of the patent troll business model using copyright rights and associated statutory damages on a large-scale basis.
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