Adult Film Company Shifts Copyright Litigation Push to Florida

July 1, 2020, 10:01 AM UTC

Strike 3 Holdings LLC has headed to South Beach in the hope of unmasking the identities of hundreds of people accused of pirating its copyright-protected adult movies.

After flooding federal courts with copyright suits against anonymous people who illegally download its movies, the adult film company is trying a new approach — starting cases in a state court in Miami in order to learn the identities of potential defendants there.

Strike 3 made the strategic shift after some federal courts began pushing back on the company’s attempts to unmask targets of lawsuits. It’s also a cost saver. Rather than file ...

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