MPA Subpoenas Would Order Firms to Release Identities of DMCA Infringers

The Motion Picture Association requested and the U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles honored the request for subpoenas requiring two companies to disclose the identities and account histories of users operating websites that allegedly “exploited” Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment members’ “exclusive rights in their copyrighted motion pictures without their authorization.” Subpoenas were requested and issued to Cloudflare (docket 2:23-mc-00054) for infringing Godzilla vs. Kong and Encanto via furiaflix.net; infringing (docket 2:23-mc-00058) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Strange World, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Cruella, The Batman and Encanto via various websites; infringing (2:23-mc-00056) Birds of Prey and Fast & Furious 9 on photocall.tv, and Minions and The Big Bang Theory on multicanais.vc and megacanais.com; infringing (docket 2:23-mc-00057) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Aquaman via tvzon.tv; and infringing (docket 2:23-mc-00053) Happy Death Day 2U and Elvis via two channel backend links. It also requested and the court issued a subpoena (docket 2:23-mc-00059) to Tonic Domains for infringing Encanto and Tenet via fmoviesfree.com. The subpoenas order the infringing companies, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, to disclose the names, physical addresses, IP addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, payment information, account updates and account histories of the users operating the websites.