Prof. Cotter Quoted in Minnesota Lawyer on Copyright Trolls

Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in a Minnesota Lawyer article entitled "Attorney Takes on Alleged Copyright Trolls." The article discusses a recent series of lawsuits in which entities acquire licenses or assignments of copyrights, often of pornographic films, and then patrol the Internet to find possible instances of illegal downloading. Cotter mentions how copyright trolling has taken off in the past few years, why defendants often settle, and the legal questions surrounding the practice.