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More recently the subject has been treated in France by the magistrates Bernard, Pascaud, Nicolas, Giacobbi, and by the Attorney-Generals Molines, Jourdan, Houssard, Dupry, Bujard, in their inaugural addresses.

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It stretches 18 pages and consists mainly of fans mocking Web Sheriff and posting pictures of cops and donuts, while Giacobbi and his company play along, making fun of themselves and at one point offering to treat everyone to a donut feast.

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We were unable to reach Big Boi for this story, but we did get in touch with John Giacobbi, the head of Web Sheriff.

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"We treat our fans as fans, not criminals," Giacobbi said.

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According to Giacobbi, Web Sheriff aims at "working with the fans instead of against them."

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Like Cuban, Giacobbi advocates a nuanced approach to fighting piracy.

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Though Cuban described Magnolia's piracy response as "automated," Giacobbi and his employees apparently take a lot of time to engage in conversation with fans and potential pirates.

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According to Giacobbi, Web Sheriff was responsible for at least half the Twitter take-down notices.

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A British firm founded by an entertainment lawyer named John Giacobbi, Web Sheriff has contracts with several Hollywood companies, including Universal Pictures and Sony, and is one of the most prominent of the third-party companies that send take-down notices to Twitter, file-sharing sites, fan forums, and other corners of the web where pirated material is posted.

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She told Giacobbi the man had drawn a crowd and that many had told him to stop.

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