What happens if you ignore Strike 3 Holdings?
One of our most frequent questions is:
What if I ignore Strike 3 Holdings? What can happen?
Have you recently received a notice from your home or office internet provider (such as Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, CenturyLink, Charter, etc.) letting you know that Strike 3 Holdings LLC is requesting your information? Strike 3 Holdings LLC is accusing you (someone in your home or office that uses your IP address) of illegally downloading their adult film content without paying the proper licensing fees.
Essentially, you are being accused of copyright infringement, which can be made more embarrassing by the fact that it’s adult content.
When you first receive the notice from your ISP, you are still listed as John Doe and your information is not yet available to Strike 3 Holdings.
You may be wondering if you can ignore the Strike 3 Holdings notice, wondering if they are possibly bluffing to get you to sign something, or if they’ll go away if you don’t ‘easily’ give in.
The first thing to note is that this subpoena is real and should be dealt with in a timely manner.
Right now, you are known to the court only as John Doe. If you ignore the subpoena your internet service provider will likely release your name to Strike 3 Holdings LLC’s lawyers.
Once Strike 3 Holdings has your name, in almost all cases they will amend the complaint name in the public court documents from ‘John Doe’ to your name. You will then be served with a court summons.
Many clients don’t mind losing their anonymity, but the downside to ignoring your Strike 3 Holdings subpoena and receiving a summons is that your options moving forward are limited and you’ll lose some of your negotiating power.
If you ignore a summons, there’s a chance you’ll get a default judgment against you.
Since I shouldn’t ignore Strike 3 Holdings, what do I do now?
First, a few things you shouldn’t do.
- Don’t sign anything without having your own representation review the paperwork.
- Don’t delete anything- it can end up making your penalties worse
We recommend that you find an experienced ISP subpoena defense attorney to help you understand the specifics of your case and to walk you through your options.
Your options include:
- Settling out of court
- Filing a Motion to Quash
- Fighting back in court
If you’ve just received a notice from Strike 3 Holdings, visit our main website for more Strike 3 Holdings information.
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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.