Ars Technica opined that in acting this way, Guava was in effect colluding with a "sham" defendant to obtain legal orders identifying other internet users who might be targeted, and that "fil[ing] fake lawsuits against defendants who were in bed with Prenda" was used by the plaintiffs to reduce the risk of a named defendant actually fighting the case in court; the defendant decided to testify about the arrangement after Prenda continued to demand money. The activist website "fightcopyrighttrolls.com" opined that the Guava LLC v. Skylar case, Arte de Oaxaca LLC v. Stacey Mullen [plaintiff: LW Holdings], and other cases with "a single mysterious defendant and...an 'agreed order' allowing unmasking [of] hundreds and thousands of ISP subscribers" might be examples of similar Prenda state court cases, in which plaintiffs and/or their affiliates might have in effect coerced individuals they claimed to be downloaders into "playing a defendant" in a "sham lawsuit" to get testimony and non-party subpoenas which could be similarly exploited through litigation.
