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Adult Film Producer Identifies Meta Reality Labs Executive in Torrent Piracy Lawsuit
Key points
- Strike 3 Holdings identified a Meta Reality Labs executive in a piracy lawsuit.
- The executive was linked to an IP address used for BitTorrent downloads.
- This case connects to Strike 3's $446 million lawsuit against Meta.
- Strike 3 suggests Meta may have shifted infringing activity to a residential IP.
Executive Identified in Piracy Lawsuit
Adult film producer Strike 3 Holdings has identified an executive from Meta's Reality Labs division as the anonymous defendant in a "John Doe" BitTorrent piracy lawsuit. The identification was made after Strike 3 obtained a subpoena for the subscriber's name associated with a specific IP address.
Connection to Larger Meta Lawsuit
This individual piracy case has become intertwined with a larger lawsuit filed by Strike 3 Holdings and Counterlife Media against Meta. The larger suit accuses Meta of downloading nearly 3,000 films via BitTorrent to train AI models, seeking up to $446 million in damages. The timing of the downloads in the individual case, occurring hours after Strike 3 contacted Meta about corporate IP infringement, is noted by the plaintiff.
Allegations of Shifting Activity
Strike 3 Holdings suggests that the timing of the downloads on the executive's residential IP address, shortly after Meta was contacted regarding corporate IP infringement, may indicate an attempt to shift infringing activity. Meta has requested that the executive's name and title remain under seal, similar to two other individuals in the broader Meta case.
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Adult film producer Strike 3 Holdings identified a Meta Reality Labs executive as the anonymous defendant in a "John Doe" BitTorrent piracy lawsuit. This development links a routine piracy case to Strike 3's larger lawsuit against Meta, which alleges the company downloaded films to train AI models.