So much for that. Michael Crook, legendary net griefer and angry issuer of specious DMCA takedown notices, settled with Jeff Diehl and the Electronic Frontier Foundation regarding Crook's crazymaking over the photo of Crook at left. No details on the settlement, but at least part of it apparently required Crook to send out e-mails rescinding his DMCA complaints. Ours, after the jump.
NICK DOUGLAS — You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than the bowels of the Internet, where you could be swallowed by the Spam King to be digested over a thousand years or trapped in a battle with a patent troll. Here are the Internet's monsters on display, ending with the ultimate slimeball who disgusts everyone from Boing Boing to Craigslisters to Fox News.
Michael Crook, the blogger infamous for his hate sites, recently sent Valleywag a fake copyright-infringement takedown notice as part of Crook's licentious spree against bloggers. The whole episode arose from Crook's dubious sting operation, in which the bastard — sorry, that could be construed as libelous, I meant "the asshole" — posed as a 19-year-old girl on Craigslist and posted photos and personal information from his respondents.
