It seems much easier to pre-sue John Doe and Jane Does than suing actual people after the fact.How can the people to be named later object to the claim that the people to be named later might do something illegal? Exactly. Case closed: guilty. techdirt.com - Music Festival Producer Pre-Sues Bootleggers
"Ah, pre-crime. [...] a couple of recent lawsuits by concert producers pre-suing potential bootleggers claiming trademark infringement. Yes, they're claiming trademark infringement for something that hasn't happened yet, and simply listing out hundreds of John Doe and Jane Does who can later be filled in. [...] The article notes that it seems unlikely that any defendants will show up in court to defend themselves or to protest the lawsuit, since they haven't done anything yet."
Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that Stieg Larsson, author of the internationally bestselling Millennium Trilogy, has become the first author to sell over 1 million Kindle books and is the first member of the new "Kindle Million Club." Amazon press release