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Inmates Lien On Judges in Copyright Con


— June 12, 2003

“It’s a form of legal larceny – designed to torment federal prosecutors, defense lawyers and even judges. Inmates at the federal jail in Brooklyn are copyrighting their names and filing multimillion-dollar liens for unauthorized use in legal papers and transcripts,” the Daily News reports here.


“It’s a form of legal larceny – designed to torment federal prosecutors, defense lawyers and even judges. Inmates at the federal jail in Brooklyn are copyrighting their names and filing multimillion-dollar liens for unauthorized use in legal papers and transcripts,” the Daily News reports here.

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