Swiftie-Songwriter Targeted by Trolls Revives Kiwi Farms Suit

A songwriter who says he was harassed after one of his songs and his book were uploaded to a website linked to harassment campaigns against people with disabilities and others, convinced a federal judge to remand his copyright infringement suit on Monday.

Not only did website Kiwi Farms and its owner, Joshua Moon, fail to remove Russell Greer’s works after he sent takedown requests, but Moon’s public belittling of the requests by posting their email exchange on his site was a material contribution to infringement, Judge Veronica S. Rossman said in an opinion for the US Court of Appeals for ...