ATLANTA—A federal district court in Atlanta, Ga., ruled last week in favor of Strike 3 Holdings, the owner of adult production house Vixen Media Group, in the latest example of the company’s ongoing litigation campaign against alleged content pirates who download protected materials through platforms like BitTorrent.
Vixen is the parent company of major adult brands including MILFY, Blacked, Tushy, Wifey, Deeper and Slayed.
U.S. District Judge Steven D. Grimberg of the Northern District of Georgia issued a default judgment on Tuesday, March 18, in three consolidated copyright infringement cases that Strike 3 is entitled to compensation from the defendants in each case, none of whom were present during the ruling, for monetary damages of up to $97,500 each.
Defendants in these three cases were accused in initial complaints filed by counsel representing Strike 3 and Vixen of downloading hundreds of copyrighted works without express written permission. One defendant violated federal copyright law by sharing 130 works without permission. Another shared 115 works, while the third only shared 35.
A common criticism of these types of cases is that they rely on IP addresses and internet connections that supposedly facilitated illegal downloading and piracy without proof that the named defendant committed the acts. Strike 3 subpoenaed for subscriber information from an internet service provider and used that to justify standing in the legal cases.
The vast majority of these cases are settled confidentially outside of court or are dismissed. Only a small percentage, like these three consolidated Georgia cases, see the inside of a courtroom.
In recent years, Strike 3 Holdings has proven to be one of the most prolific copyright litigants in recent U.S. judicial history. One account by Torrent Freak suggests that Strike 3 has filed more than 15,000 copyright infringement lawsuits in federal district courts across the country. Another report by that outlet found that Strike 3 Holdings was linked to around 3,900 federal lawsuits in 2024 for similar reasons across the board.
