By Attorney Jeffrey Antonelli, Antonelli Law | August 2026 Strike 3 Holdings, LLC has filed another significant wave of “John Doe” copyright infringement lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. These cases, filed primarily on or around July 21, 2026, target individuals identified only by IP address and allege unauthorized
Today, I learned every Microsoft Windows can track you and reveal who you are – Every device you have with Windows has a unique identifying code called Global Device Identifier (GDID). This reportedly happened beginning with Windows 10, around 2015. Apple does the same. This was revealed to me by reading a recently unsealed federal
A new copyright infringement lawsuit has been filed in Hawaii federal court involving the 2025 action thriller movie “Traphouse” (starring Dave Bautista). Trap House Project LLC filed the case on April 14, 2026 as 1:26-cv-00194-MWJS-KJM in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. The lawsuit alleges that 18 unknown individuals (“John Doe Defendants”)
Recently I helped a client who made a very common — and potentially very expensive — mistake. Her son had recently left the trades and was now working as a server in the restaurant industry. When the ISP subpoena notice from Strike 3 Holdings arrived, she panicked. She didn’t want her name — or her
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