It’s worth noting that MediaDefender was purchased for $42,500,000 in 2005, while this recent sale of MediaSentry (a similar-sized company) was for $936,000.

Both companies had a business that was highly dependent on contracts with the movie and music industries, and both companies went into a tailspin last year when those industries abruptly pulled the plug.

MediaDefender’s leaked internal email exposed them as a deceptive, two-faced operation – telling their clients one thing while admitting the exact opposite in private. It would have been quite a breakthrough for Beckerman & co. if MediaSentry’s email had been leaked instead of MediaDefender’s.

The firing of MediaDefender founders Saaf and Herrera was literally a requirement before the company could join forces with MediaSentry. In those damning emails, Saaf and Herrera proved themselves to be outright liars, and having them remain onboard would have severely hurt MediaSentry’s credibility as a supposedly-trustworthy evidence gatherer for any future court cases.

This can’t really be done, no matter how talented and competent anyone is.
That fact has been what should have gotten all these cases tossed out.
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@Jon:
“The combination of MediaDefender, the leader in Internet Piracy Prevention (IPP) with MediaSentry, the leader in business and marketing intelligence derived from P2P channels, creates a true powerhouse in the field of intellectual property protection.”

If you keep an archive of classic lines from “marketspeak”, that one would certainly want to be put among them!
The only thing that stops me from laughing myself to death is my gag reflex being triggered by the high BS level.

Cheers!

Just a thought.