{"id":324,"date":"2016-10-29T01:06:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T05:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/?page_id=324"},"modified":"2025-05-18T13:33:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T17:33:23","slug":"defiantly-net-friends-allies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/?page_id=324","title":{"rendered":"Defiantly Friends &#038; Allies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Friends of Defiantly.net<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/extortionletterinfo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ExtortionLetterInfo (ELI)<\/a><\/strong>: by Publisher Matthew Chan &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/courtroomstrategy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Attorney Oscar Michelen<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/cuomollc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cuomo LLC<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/copyright-trolls.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Copyright-Trolls:<\/a><\/strong> Web developer Robert Krausankas of <a href=\"http:\/\/webdesignofpalmbeach.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Web Design of Palm Beach<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gettyimagesmustchange.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getty Images Must Change<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0 by Greg Troy of <a href=\"http:\/\/yeahwedothat.biz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YeahWeDoThat.biz<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/copyrightantibullyingact.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Copyright Anti-Bullying Act<\/a>:<\/strong> by Greg Troy of <a href=\"http:\/\/yeahwedothat.biz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YeahWeDoThat.biz<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/courtroomstrategy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Courtroom Strategy<\/a><\/strong>: Legal blog by Attorney Oscar Michelen of <a href=\"http:\/\/cuomollc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cuomo LLC<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fightcopyrighttrolls.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April Brown<\/a>:<\/strong> Charity Auctioneer, Activist, and Author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getpoeticjustice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Poetic Justice&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rankexploits.com\/musings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Blackboard:<\/strong> <\/a>Blog by Lucia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fightcopyrighttrolls.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight Copyright Trolls<\/a>:<\/strong> Anti-troll blog specializing in porn copyright trolls by &#8220;Sophisticated Jane Doe&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dietrolldie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DieTrollDie.com:\u00a0 <\/a><\/strong>Anti-troll blog specializing in porn copyright trolls<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/restrainingorderabuse.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Restraining Order Abuse:<\/strong><\/a> by Todd Greene<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Allies of Internet Free Speech, Bloggers Rights, and the First Amendment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/law.ucla.edu\/faculty\/faculty-profiles\/eugene-volokh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eugene Volokh:<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Law Professor at UCLA School of Law in Los Angeles. Founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volokh Conspiracy<\/a>. Author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/238796451\/Chan-v-Ellis-EFF-Amicus-Brief-for-Appellant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFF&#8217;s amicus brief<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/media-press-coverage-of-chan-v-ellis-appeal\/\">Chan v. Ellis<\/a>. Through his support on <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/media-press-coverage-of-patel-v-chan-baltimore-circuit-court-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patel v. Chan<\/a> (Baltimore) Yelp review takedown lawsuit, he along with Paul Alan Levy broke the story of\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/media-press-coverage-of-profile-defenders-shady-lawsuit-removal-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Profile Defenders \/ Richart Ruddie fake lawsuit scheme<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pubcit.typepad.com\/clpblog\/levy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Paul Alan Levy:<\/strong><\/a> Lawyer for Consumer rights advocacy group, <a href=\"http:\/\/publiccitizen.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Citizen<\/a>. Through his extensive investigative work, he broke the story of the Yelp review takedown lawsuit, <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/media-press-coverage-of-patel-v-chan-baltimore-circuit-court-case\/\">Patel v. Chan<\/a> (Baltimore). Subsequently, through his work on <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/media-press-coverage-of-patel-v-chan-baltimore-circuit-court-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patel v. Chan<\/a> (Baltimore) lawsuit, he along with Eugene Volokh broke the story of the <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/media-press-coverage-of-profile-defenders-shady-lawsuit-removal-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Profile Defenders \/ Richart Ruddie fake defendant lawsuit scheme<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cuomollc.com\/attorneys.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Oscar Michelen:<\/strong><\/a> Lead lawyer for the successful and victorious <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/media-press-coverage-of-chan-v-ellis-appeal\/\">Chan v. Ellis<\/a> appellate case in the Georgia Supreme Court. Presented <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/chan-v-ellis-georgia-supreme-court-oral-argument-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oral argument<\/a> along with Eugene Volokh in the Georgia Supreme Court in Chan v. Ellis. Provided background legal support in the Patel v. Chan (Baltimore) case.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/eff.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF):<\/a> <\/strong>The San Francisco-based advocacy group at the forefront in protecting Internet freedoms, liberties, and privacy on almost every front. Broke the story of the overbroad protective order case from Ellis v. Chan which ultimately led to the successful and victorious Georgia Supreme Court appellate case of <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/media-press-coverage-of-chan-v-ellis-appeal\/\">Chan v. Ellis<\/a>. \u00a0EFF along with legal scholar, Aaron H. Caplan, co-sponsored the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/238796451\/Chan-v-Ellis-EFF-Amicus-Brief-for-Appellant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chan v. Ellis amicus brief<\/a>\u00a0submitted to the Georgia Supreme Court.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/publiccitizen.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Public Citizen:<\/strong><\/a> Consumer rights advocacy group based in Washington DC whose lawyer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/Page.aspx?pid=337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Alan Levy<\/a>,\u00a0who researched and broke the story of the Yelp takedown lawsuit, <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/media-press-coverage-of-patel-v-chan-baltimore-circuit-court-case\/\">Patel v. Chan<\/a> (Baltimore), which subsequently lead him to breaking the <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/media-press-coverage-of-profile-defenders-shady-lawsuit-removal-scheme\/\">Profile Defenders \/ Richart Ruddie fake defendant lawsuit scheme<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/law.ucla.edu\/academics\/clinical-and-experiential-programs\/the-clinical-experience\/first-amendment-amicus-brief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>First Amendment Amicus Brief Clinic:<\/strong><\/a> Amicus Brief Program taught by law professor Eugene Volokh (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volokh Conspiracy<\/a>) and sponsored by the UCLA School of Law. This program helped produce the amicus brief in support of Matthew Chan for the Georgia Supreme Court case of <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/media-press-coverage-of-chan-v-ellis-appeal\/\">Chan v. Ellis<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lls.edu\/aboutus\/facultyadministration\/faculty\/facultylistc-d\/caplanaaron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aaron H. Caplan: <\/a><\/strong>Law Professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Mr. Caplan along with the EFF co-sponsored the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/238796451\/Chan-v-Ellis-EFF-Amicus-Brief-for-Appellant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chan v. Appeal amicus brief<\/a>\u00a0in the Georgia Supreme Court.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/summervillefirm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Darren Summerville:<\/strong><\/a> Georgia appellate lawyer who represented (pro bono) Eugene Volokh, <a href=\"http:\/\/eff.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Electronic Frontier Foundation<\/a>\u00a0and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/238796451\/Chan-v-Ellis-EFF-Amicus-Brief-for-Appellant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amicus brief<\/a> in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/chan-v-ellis-essential-appellate-court-case-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chan v. Ellis<\/a>\u00a0appellate case. Was one of six panel members for Eugene Volokh&#8217;s moot court for Chan v. Ellis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ericgoldman.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Goldman&#8217;s Technology &amp; Marketing Law Blog:<\/a><\/strong> Law Professor at Santa Clara University School of Law. Covered <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/chan-v-ellis-essential-appellate-court-case-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chan v. Ellis<\/a> Appeal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"author vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/focallaw.com\/focal-law\/venkat-balasubramani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Venkat Balasubramani:<\/strong><\/a> Internet &amp; Technology lawyer in Seattle. Covered <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/media-press-coverage-of-chan-v-ellis-appeal\/\">Chan v. Ellis<\/a> appeal and frequently makes mention of the case in Eric Goldman&#8217;s Technology &amp; Marketing Law Blog.<br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techdirt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TechDirt:<\/strong><\/a> Tech blog covering Internet law, online free speech, and copyright law. Covered <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/media-press-coverage-of-chan-v-ellis-appeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chan v. Ellis<\/a> Appeal &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/media-press-coverage-of-patel-v-chan-baltimore-circuit-court-case\/\">Patel v. Chan<\/a> (Baltimore Case).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ArsTechnica:<\/strong><\/a> Tech blog covering Internet law and technology issues. Covered <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/chan-v-ellis-essential-appellate-court-case-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chan v. Ellis<\/a> Appeal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/yelp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Yelp.com:<\/strong><\/a> Consumer review website in support of he Prestigious Pets (Texas) non-disparagement clause &amp; subsequent anti-SLAPP case and the <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/media-press-coverage-of-patel-v-chan-baltimore-circuit-court-case\/\">Patel v. Chan (Baltimore)<\/a> Yelp review takedown case.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.simplejustice.us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Simple Justice:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Legal blog written by NY criminal defense lawyer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simplejustice.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Greenfield<\/a>. Wrote about <a href=\"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/media-press-coverage-of-patel-v-chan-baltimore-circuit-court-case\/\">Patel v. Chan (Baltimore)<\/a> case.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends of Defiantly.net &nbsp; Allies of Internet Free Speech, Bloggers Rights, and the First Amendment &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-324","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4xEap-5e","builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=324"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2840,"href":"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/324\/revisions\/2840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defiantly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}