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Grooby Productions BitTorrent Suit Targets 939 Defendants

Grooby Productions alleges 939 defendants poached and traded the transgender porn film "Shemale Yum — Jenna Comes A'Knocking!"

128 New Porn BitTorrent Defendants in Past Week

Fourteen porn BitTorrent suits have been waged around the U.S. in the past seven days naming 128 John Doe defendants.

BitTorrent Throttling, Net Neutrality Collide

A new report on Net Neutrality has uncovered some ISPs’ systematic degradation of performance across certain popular types of network traffic.

25 Porn BitTorrent Suits Filed on Monday

A tsunami of porn BitTorrent claims were filed in federal courts around the country on Monday.

23 Porn BitTorrent Suits Filed This Week

Since Monday, 996 unnamed John Doe defendants have been linked to 23 porn BitTorrent copyright infringement suits filed around the country.

ExpXXX, Wicked Pictures File Porn BitTorrent Suits

In the past seven days only three porn BitTorrent suits were filed in courts around the country, with Exquisite Multimedia Inc. filing its first such suit against unnamed John Doe defendants.

Wicked Pictures, Third Degree Films File BitTorrent Suits

Just three porn BitTorrent lawsuits were filed in the past week, according to court records.

Attempt to Dodge Porn BitTorrent Judgment Backfires

Adult studio Corbin Fisher, which went after a Texas man who petitioned a bankruptcy court to relieve him of a porn BitTorrent judgment, has been awarded a default judgment of more than three times the amount it had sought.

Judge: Gay Porn BitTorrent Defendants Can't Shield Identities

A federal judge this week declined a bid by BitTorrent defendants to cloak their identities out of fear of being "outed" for allegedly infringing on gay porn.­­­

BitTorrent, Netflix Account for 40% of Traffic, Report Says

BitTorrent use and Netflix account for 40 percent of Internet traffic in North America on most days, according to new information published by Canadian networking company Sandvine.

More BitTorrent Suits Pared Down to Single Defendants

In the past week, four adult studios have filed 13 copyright infringement suits against alleged BitTorrent users.

K-Beech Files 13 Individual Porn BitTorrent Suits

K-Beech Video on Friday filed 13 separate porn BitTorrent suits involving defendants earlier grouped together in a similar suit in Pennsylvania.

Porn BitTorrent Litigation Getting Trickier, Lawyer Says

More porn BitTorrent defendants are using cut-and-paste defense kits, slowing down the wheels of justice and causing added expenses in litigation, according to an attorney suing John Does in a K-Beech Video copyright infringement case.

Elegant Angel, K-Beech File Porn BitTorrent Suits

Since last Monday, the three porn BitTorrent suits, all filed at U.S. District Court in San Diego, target 114 John Doe defendants.

Mass Porn BitTorrent Case Shot Down, 5,010 Does Severed

A federal judge this week severed 5,010 John Doe defendants from a single porn BitTorrent case, leaving only one defendant to fight infringement charges leveled over allegedly sharing On the Cheap's "Danielle Staub Raw."

6 Porn BitTorrent Suits Filed in Past Week

More than 200 porn BitTorrent defendants were named to six suits in the past seven days.

25 Porn BitTorrent Suits Filed in Past Week

Porn BitTorrent suits ratcheted up in the past week, with 25 new filings against hundreds of new John Doe defendants who are alleged to have downloaded copyrighted material.

Large ISPs Cashing In on BitTorrent Traffic, Study Says

While adult companies see their bottom lines affected by BitTorrent users who illegally download their content, large Internet service providers are actually making money from BitTorrent traffic.

First Time Video Gets Green Light in BitTorrent Lawsuit

First Time Video was given the green light to proceed with its BitTorrent lawsuit against hundreds of people it said had pirated its content.

Porn BitTorrent Suits Continue to Pile Up

Six adult studios filed 10 porn BitTorrent suits since last Wednesday. Elegant Angel, which filed two, now has waged 75 federal lawsuits against more than 8,000 porn BitTorrent defendants.