In recent months, frequent mass litigants Dallas Buyers Club, LLC and Cobbler Nevada, LLC have filed a number of multi-Doe copyright infringement lawsuits in the U.S. District Court, District of Colorado.
As Troll Defense has previously written, The Cobbler is comedy film starring Adam Sandler that was widely released earlier this year, with generally unfavorable reviews and uncertain box office revenues. The Cobbler cases, like many similar BitTorrent matters, allege both direct and contributory infringement claims against the several Doe defendants, and seek statutory damages, attorney’s fees and injunctive relief. The Cobbler matters were filed by Scott T. Kannady of Brown & Kannady, LLC.
The Dallas Buyers Club cases are orchestrated by the nominal plaintiff, Dallas Buyers Club, LLC, and Voltage Pictures, LLC, which retains some distribution rights to the film. In the Colorado filings, Dallas Buyers Club boldly asks for massive damages equivalent to “actual damages and any additional profits made by each Defendant pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 504-(a)-(b) or statutory damages in the amount of $150,000 per Defendant pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 504-(a) and (c), whichever is greater.” The DBC cases listed below were filed by David J. Stephenson, Jr. of The Rocky Mountain Thunder Law Firm.
UPDATE (12/8/15): Recent cases were filed in Colorado by Clear Skies Nevada, LLC, which owns the rights to the 2014 film Good Kill. This film concerns a military drone pilot (played by Ethan Hawke) who questions the ethics of dropping bombs in Afghanistan from his remote post in Nevada. The Clear Skies case was also filed by David J. Stephenson, Jr. of The Rocky Mountain Thunder Law Firm.
UPDATE (3/1/16): At least one recent case was lodged by PTG Nevada, LLC, the rights-holder to the 2014 Nic Cage thriller Pay the Ghost. As discussed elsewhere, Pay the Ghost was released in September 2015 and widely panned in critical reviews. The PTG Nevada case was filed by Scott T. Kannady of Brown & Kannady, LLC.
UPDATE (6/12/16): Several recent cases were filed in the same court by Fathers & Daughters Nevada, LLC, which owns the rights to the Russell Crowe drama Fathers and Daughters, slated for a U.S. release later in 2016. The Fathers & Daughters cases were filed by David J. Stephenson, Jr.
A commonality among all of these films is their affiliation with Voltage Pictures, LLC, which has distribution rights or co-production credits with regard to each release. Voltage Pictures is said to be the driving force behind hundreds of similar BitTorrent copyright actions that have been filed in recent years.
Case listing, with links to complaints:
Case No. 1:15-cv-716
Dallas Buyers Club, LLC v. Does 1-9
Filed: 04/07/2015
Case No. 1:15-cv-792
Dallas Buyers Club, LLC v. Does 1-9
Filed: 04/15/2015
Case No. 1:15-cv-896
Dallas Buyers Club, LLC v. Does 1-8
Filed: 04/28/2015
Case No. 1:15-cv-956
Dallas Buyers Club, LLC v. Does 1-7
Filed: 05/05/2015
Case No. 1:15-cv-1088
Dallas Buyers Club, LLC v. Does 1-14
Filed: 05/26/2015
Case No. 1:15-cv-1160
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-26
Filed: 06/03/2015
Case No. 1:15-cv-1175
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-26
Filed: 06/04/2015
Case No. 1:15-cv-1203
Dallas Buyers Club, LLC v. Does 1-14
Filed: 06/09/2015
Case No. 1:15-cv-1343
Dallas Buyers Club, LLC v. Does 1-15
Filed: 06/24/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-01373
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-25
Filed: 06/26/2015
Case No. 1:15-cv-1396
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-21
Filed: 06/30/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-01407
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-22
Filed: 07/02/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-01449
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-17
Filed: 07/08/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-01558
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-11
Filed: 07/22/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-01563
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-10
Filed: 07/23/2015
Filed: 08/05/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-01674
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-35
Case No: 1:15-cv-01689
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-34
Filed: 08/06/2015
Filed: 08/12/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-01742
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-34
Case No: 1:15-cv-01754
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-33
Filed: 08/13/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-01788
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-32
Filed: 08/19/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-01814
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-31
Filed: 08/21/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-01855
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-29
Filed: 08/27/2015
Case No. 1:15-cv-01897
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-28
Filed: 09/01/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-01908
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-27
Filed: 09/02/2015
Case No. 1:15-cv-01963
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-26
Filed: 09/09/2015
Case No. 1:15-cv-01977
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-25
Filed: 09/10/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-02031
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-24
Filed: 09/16/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-02043
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-18
Filed: 09/17/2015
Case No.: 1:15-cv-02065
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-21
Filed: 09/18/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-02077
Dallas Buyers Club, LLC v. Does 1-17
Filed: 09/21/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-02100
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-17
Filed: 09/23/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-02159
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-16
Filed: 09/30/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-02202
Dallas Buyers Club, LLC v. Does 1-16
Filed: 10/05/2015
Case No:1:15-cv-02217
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-15
Filed: 10/06/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-02259
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-11
Filed: 10/12/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-02331
Dallas Buyers Club, LLC v. Does 1-12
Filed: 10/20/2015
Filed: 12/01/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-02617
Clear Skies Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-11
Filed: 12/07/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-02644
Clear Skies Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-20
Filed: 12/09/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-02660
Clear Skies Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-18
Filed: 12/14/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-02706
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-34
Filed: 12/17/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-02739
Clear Skies Nevada, LLC v. John Does 1 – 5
Filed: 12/17/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-02747
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-16
Filed: 12/21/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-02771
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-14
Filed: 12/22/2015
Case No: 1:15-cv-02791
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-15
Filed: 01/19/2016
Case No:1:16-cv-00128
Clear Skies Nevada, LLC v. Doe 1 et al
Filed: 02/02/2016
Case No: 1:16-cv-00246
Clear Skies Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-10
Filed: 02/11/2016
Case No: 1:16-cv-00334
Clear Skies Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-10
Filed: 02/24/2016
Case No. 1:16-cv-00455
PTG Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-20
Filed: 03/03/2016
Case No. 1:16-cv-00529
PTG Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-13
Filed: 03/08/2016
Case No. 1:16-cv-00560
Fathers & Daughters Nevada, LLC v. John Does 1-15
Filed: 03/11/2016
Case No. 1:16-cv-00598
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. John Does 1 – 10
Filed: 03/16/2016
Case No. 1:16-cv-00613
Fathers & Daughters Nevada, LLC v. John Does 1-20
Filed: 03/22/2016
Case No. 1:16-cv-00670
Fathers & Daughters Nevada, LLC v. John Does 1-20
Filed: 04/14/2016
Case No. 1:16-cv-00852
PTG Nevada, LLC v. John Does 1-9
Case No. 1:16-cv-1170
Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-10
Filed: 05/18/2016
Filed: 06/01/2016
Case No. 1:16-cv-01318
Fathers & Daughters Nevada, LLC v. Does 1-7