On July 27, 2012, attorneys for Combat Zone Corp. filed a lawsuit against 7 John/Jane Doe defendants, accusing them of committing copyright infringement by illegally downloading (via BitTorrent) Combat Zone’s “motion picture” Mommy and Me #2. (From what we can tell from Google searches, the “motion picture” is a pornographic film.) A copy of the complaint is available here. Combat Zone filed suit against the Doe defendants because defendants’ true identities are unknown. Combat Zone intends to serve subpoenas on the Doe defendants’ ISPs seeking their true identities, and has filed a motion for leave to conduct discovery prior to the Rule 26(f) conference.
Judge Boyle has been assigned the case.
In prior, recent suits involving copyright infringement claims brought by creators of pornography against Doe defendants in the Northern District of Texas, Judge Ferguson ordered severance of all Doe defendants except Doe #1 (see, e.g., Order available here).
Combat Zone is represented by Thomas Jacks and Scott Meyer, both of Chalker Flores LLP.