Doe v. Fortuny (Correspondence) [1]

In October 2006, an unknown individual sent Jason Fortuny and his web host a DMCA takedown notice, complaining about a photograph posted on Mr. Fortuny's blog, RFJason [2].

Mr. Fortuny, a now-famous Internet "troll" who was featured in an August 2008 New York Times article [3], performed a notorious "Craigslist Experiment" in 2006, in which he posted a fake ad on Craigslist pretending to be a woman seeking a “str8 brutal dom muscular male” for sex.  According to the New York Times [3], over one-hundred men responded, providing photographs and contact information. Mr. Fortuny allegedly posted this material to his blog and Encyclopedia Dramatica [4] (described by the New York Times as "an online compendium of troll humor and troll lore"). Mr. Fortuny disputes posting the photographs and contact information to Encyclopaedia Dramatica.

Counsel for one of the men who responded to Mr. Fortuny's Craigslist prank sent the October 2006 DMCA takedown notice [5].  Mr. Fortuny sent a counter-notification [6] to his host, and it restored the complaining party's photograph.  The anonymous party filed a lawsuit in federal court in February 2008.  Please see our related database entry, Doe v. Fortuny [7].