Legal Opinion
Malibu Media, LLC v. John Does 1-5
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 24, 2012No. 12 Civ. 2954 (NRB)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NAOMI REICE BUCHWALD, District Judge.
This action represents but one installment in the wave of suits flooding the federal court system involving the alleged downloading of pornographic films via the peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol known as BitTorrent. In these actions, courts have been required to grapple with complex technological concepts and yet apply these concepts to familiar doctrines of civil procedure. Specifically, courts have had to determine whether defendants who allegedly participated in sharing the same copy of a film over the BitTorrent protocol — but who…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Digital Sin, Inc. v. Does 1-176District Court, S.D. New York · 2012
- DESKOVIC v. City of PeekskillDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2009
- Frank J. Ginett, Cross-Appellant v. Computer Task Group, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Next Phase Distribution, Inc. v. John Does 1-27District Court, S.D. New York · 2012
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Malibu Media, LLC v. John Does 1, 2, 4-7, 11, 16, 17, & 21District Court, M.D. Florida · 2013
- Malibu Media, LLC v. John Does 1-28District Court, M.D. Florida · 2012
- Malibu Media, LLC v. DoeDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2019
- Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. DoeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2019
- Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. DoeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2022
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