Veteran porno-troll Malibu Media, LLC has filed a batch of single-“Doe” Bittorrent copyright infringement actions in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
Some readers might remember Malibu Media as the target of a 2012 class-action lawsuit, along with other pornographers that were part of the Miami-based Lipscomb Eisenberg law firm stable.
The new singleton Doe actions each focus on a specific ISP service subscriber identified by his or her IP address. As this sample Complaint filed by attorney Mary K. Schultz, Esq. shows, the “works” in the suit are apparently short-form porn videos with relatively innocuous titles (at least by this industry’s standards) such as “Morning Desires,” “Foot Fetish,” “Slow Motion,” “Late for Work,” and “Teenage Dream.”
In an unusual turn, the Complaint also attaches an “Exculpatory Evidence Request” seeking a host of information about the subscriber and users of the relevant IP address or ISP account. The Complaint explains this Request as follows:
As the subscriber in control of the IP address being used to distribute Plaintiff’s copyrighted movies, Defendant is the most likely infringer. Consequently, Plaintiff hereby alleges Defendant is the infringer. Plaintiff has included as Exhibit D a solicitation of exculpatory evidence in the event that Defendant chooses to deny the allegations.
This is apparently intended to assure the court that Malibu Media will make some attempt to identify the actual infringer if the ISP subscriber personally denies infringement as alleged.
Case Listings:
Western District of Wisconsin
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 24.183.92.115
Filed 05/08/2013
Case No. 3:13cv317
Malibu Media LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 24.177.123.74
Filed 05/08/2013
Case No. 3:13cv315
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 24.196.90.111
Filed 05/08/2013
Case No. 3:13cv318
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 66.168.17.59
Filed 05/08/2013
Case No. 3:13cv319
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 71.10.117.251
Filed 05/08/2013
Case No. 3:13cv320
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 71.90.19.244
Filed 05/08/2013
Case No. 3:13cv321
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 97.86.116.18
Filed 05/08/2013
Case No. 3:13cv322
Western District of Michigan
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 68.40.203.93
Filed 05/13/2013
Case No. 1:13cv530
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 68.60.142.101
Filed 05/13/2013
Case No. 1:13cv533
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 24.11.146.124
Filed 05/13/2013
Case No. 1:13cv524
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 24.247.67.157
Filed 05/13/2013
Case No. 1:13cv527
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 50.141.188.37
Filed 05/13/2013
Case No. 1:13cv528
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 50.151.144.104
Filed 05/13/2013
Case No. 1:13cv529
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 68.60.118.245
Filed 05/13/2013
Case No. 1:13cv531
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 71.205.199.22
Filed 05/13/2013
Case No. 1:13cv534
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 71.205.204.29
Filed 05/13/2013
Case No. 1:13cv535
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 71.205.65.83
Filed 05/13/2013
Case No. 1:13cv537
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Assigned IP Address 75.151.2.61
Filed 05/13/2013
Case No. 1:13cv538
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 98.206.171.166
Filed 05/13/2013
Case No. 1:13cv539
Malibu Media LLC v. Doe
Filed 05/13/2013
Case No. 2:13cv536
Malibu Media LLC v. Doe
Filed 05/13/2013
Case No. 2:13cv537