10/12/2026

Strike 3 Holdings Hawaii Filings: Spectrum and Hawaiian Telcom

By Jeffrey Antonelli Antonelli Law, Christian L. Kamau, Hawaii, Hawaiian Telecom, Honolulu, Kahului, Spectrum, Strike 3 Holdings, Waipahu 0 Comments

Strike 3 Holdings Hawaii cases: three new John Doe copyright filings were entered on October 8, 2026.

Two name Spectrum. One names Hawaiian Telcom. If a letter from Spectrum or Hawaiian Telcom lists one of these docket numbers or one of these IP addresses, the letter is usually notice that the provider was ordered to identify an accountholder’s name and address. It is not a summons, and it is not a finding that the person who pays the bill downloaded anything. As Supreme Court Justice said earlier this year “When [an ISP] receives a copyright-violation notice… the notice specifies only which connection was used to infringe, not who used it to commit infringement.”

This Torrent Defenders® explainer is educational. It is not legal advice. Antonelli Law® defends people and businesses against copyright claims. We do not represent copyright holders. Most people who contact us want the matter resolved quietly. We also defend these cases in court. A call is not a decision to go to trial. Free confidential consult: https://www.antonelli-law.com/contact/

What a Strike 3 Holdings Hawaii case is

Strike 3 Holdings, LLC is an adult-film company. Its complaints list titles from sites such as Blacked, Blacked Raw, Vixen, Tushy, Tushy Raw, Slayed, and Milfy. The claim is copyright infringement under federal law. It is not a state-court case and not a criminal charge.

These cases start as John Doe lawsuits. Strike 3 names an internet subscriber only by an IP address — for example “John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 76.39.34.7.” The complaint alleges that someone using that IP address downloaded and shared its movies with BitTorrent. An attached Exhibit A lists each work, a timestamp in UTC, and a total “works infringed” count. That count is an allegation in the filing, not a bill.

The person who pays the internet bill may not be the person who used the connection. A housemate, guest, or someone on an open network can share the same address.

What the letter from Spectrum or Hawaiian Telcom usually is

After filing, Strike 3 asks the court for permission to send a subpoena to the internet provider. If the court allows it, the provider writes to the subscriber. The letter usually includes the case number, the IP address, and a date. That date is often the provider’s date for responding to the subpoena, not a deadline to answer a named complaint.

None of these three dockets, on the documents reviewed for this post, yet shows an order allowing an ISP subpoena. What is on each docket is the complaint with Exhibit A, a civil cover sheet, a copyright report, and a corporate disclosure identifying General Media Systems, LLC as the parent. Counsel of record is Christian L. Kamau of VIRTUESQ LLC in Honolulu.

District of Hawaii — three cases filed October 8, 2026

Filed	Docket	IP address	City	ISP	Works listed
10/08/2026	1:26-cv-00525 · Exhibit A	76.39.34.7	Kahului, HI	Spectrum	32
10/08/2026	1:26-cv-00526 · Exhibit A	24.165.43.189	Honolulu, HI	Spectrum	27
10/08/2026	1:26-cv-00527 · Exhibit A	141.239.81.8	Waipahu, HI	Hawaiian Telcom	33

Judges assigned

1:26-cv-00525 — Magistrate Judge Wes Reber Porter, presiding. Referral unassigned on the docket report reviewed.
1:26-cv-00526 — Judge Micah W.J. Smith, presiding. Magistrate Judge Kenneth J. Mansfield, referral.
1:26-cv-00527 — Senior Judge Helen Gillmor, presiding. Magistrate Judge Kenneth J. Mansfield, referral.

What to do if the letter names one of these cases

Clients across Hawaii

Antonelli Law has represented Strike 3 Holdings Hawaii clients across Hawaii including Honolulu, Kahului, Hilo, Kailua, Waipahu, Kapolei, Pepeekeo, Pearl City, Kaneohe, Kihei, ‘Ewa Beach, Waimea, Kapaau, and Lanai. These are federal cases. The court is in Honolulu. We have helped many Hawaiians resolve these cases discreetly without anything filed in the court record. However, if do need to file anything in court we do so electronically as federal court mandates all court filing for more than 20 years. We handle everything from the mainland.

Read the case number and the date on the letter before you call anyone. Email the letter or upload it with a consultation request. Do not contact Strike 3 or its counsel yourself. Most people who reach us want a quiet resolution. We also handle court defense when that is the better path. A call is not a decision to go to trial.

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Jeffrey Antonelli is a member of the federal trial bar of the Northern District of Illinois and is admitted to numerous federal courts around the country. He has been a civil litigator nearly 25 years in a broad range of actions representing corporations and individuals as plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court. Jeffrey has been interviewed by the media many times, including Bloomberg BNA, NBC, The New York Times, Chicago Lawyer, Chicago Tribune, and the longstanding lawyer’s publication Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Prior to forming Antonelli Law Ltd. in 2007 Jeffrey worked for several litigation boutiques in Chicago’s Loop as well as a full service firm. His litigation experience includes hotly contested issues in intellectual property, business, insurance, and consumer fraud. He is an adviser to the Illinois Board of Higher Education Advisory Council for Private Business and Vocational Schools (PBVS), and was a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Education Law Section Council from 2012-2013. Jeffrey is especially proud of his work representing hundreds of students defrauded by improperly accredited educational institutions, including as certified class counsel. Before attending law school, Jeffrey was interested first in business, and then in biomedical ethics. These interests led him to graduate from the nation’s largest philosophy department at Loyola University in Chicago, where some of his favorite (and most challenging) subjects were cognitive science and philosophy of science. During college he held positions at the University of Chicago’s Ben May Institute; as a medical assistant for a University of Chicago foot and ankle surgeon; and volunteered in the emergency room at the University of Chicago Hospitals. These experiences led to studying health law at the DePaul College of Law where Jeffrey earned his law degree and a certificate in health law. At that time DePaul’s Institute for Health Law was consistently ranked in the top 10 health law specialty programs nationwide. During law school Jeffrey immersed himself in studying the practical and public policy aspects of health care through internships at the American Medical Association in Chicago, and on Capitol Hill at the Governmental Relations Office of the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, DC. Jeffrey has concentrated in civil litigation throughout his legal career, and is a member of the federal trial bar of the Northern District of Illinois, the Central District of Illinois federal court, and all federal courts of Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana. In addition, he is a member of the DuPage County Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. Jeffrey prides himself on his strong personal ideals, passionate, ethical advocacy, and working hard to bring the best possible results for his clients. He also maintains a special interest in cases involving fraud. Whether due to good parenting, his family’s law enforcement employment, undergraduate studies in philosophy including ethics, or a fortuitous outcome of good breeding, one essence of Jeffrey’s character is a drive to root out the truth behind fraudulent practices.