Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 73.202.29.173
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC,
Case No. 24-cv-01030-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO ISSUE THIRD-PARTY SUBPOENA
JOHN DOE SUBSCRIBER ASSIGNED IP
ADDRESS 73.202.29.173,
Defendant.
15 Plaintiff Strike 3 Holdings, LLC (“Strike 3”), seeks leave to serve a subpoena to discover the identity of defendant “John Doe,” who allegedly has shared Strike 3’s copyrighted pornographic films without authorization. Strike 3 knows the Internet Protocol (“IP”) address used to distribute the videos, but only the Internet Service Provider (“ISP”) associated with that address (in this instance, Comcast) can determine the account holder to which that address was assigned. Although there is no certainty that the “John Doe” account holder is the person who engaged in the allegedly wrongful distribution, Strike 3’s allegations are sufficiently plausible to permit discovery as to the account holder’s identity. 24 …