A Colorado federal court last week ruled that a copyright infringement lawsuit by Strike 3 Holdings can move forward, with the judge issuing an opinion that the copyright holder for the Vixen Media Group brands should not be considered a “copyright troll.”
A Florida judge ruled against Strike 3 Holdings last month, allowing lawyers for a defendant accused of illegally downloading and sharing 36 of the company’s copyrighted adult titles to refer to the company in court as a “copyright troll.” f the company’s copyrighted adult titles to refer to the company in court as a “copyright troll.”
Strike 3 Holdings, the copyright holder for the Vixen Media Group brands, was featured last week by leading legal analysis news site Law360 in a profile highlighting the success of the company's IP strategy.
The U.S. District Court for New Jersey ruled earlier this month that Strike 3 Holdings — the copyright holder for the Vixen Media Group brands — may be granted discovery to establish the identity of a person behind an IP address that the company alleges has been pirating its content and distributing it via torrents.
Several questions posed by judges at a D.C. Court of Appeals hearing last Friday — concerning the right of Strike 3 Holdings to obtain the names of people they believe to be infringing their copyrights via Bit Torrent — challenged a lower court's decision against the adult production company by pointing to language that appears to indicate bias against pornographic content.
