Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 73.93.49.244

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC,

Case No. 23-cv-00263-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO ISSUE THIRD-PARTY SUBPOENA

JOHN DOE SUBSCRIBER ASSIGNED IP

ADDRESS 73.93.49.244, Defendant.

15 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Strike 3 Holdings, LLC (“Strike 3”), seeks a subpoena to unmask someone allegedly sharing its copyrighted pornographic films. Strike 3 has determined Defendant’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, but it cannot determine the account owner without a subpoena. An IP address may be shared widely, but it has only one account owner. As noted in previous orders concerning the same Plaintiff (repeated herein and cited below for the benefit of the Defendant who may receive this Order), many have raised concerns that Strike 3 is effectively extorting account owners through the many lawsuits it brings, because defendants are embarrassed into settling — even if they…