What We Know About Strike 3 Holdings in 2025

What We Know About Strike 3 Holdings in 2025

Strike 3 Holdings, LLC has become one of the best-known names in a very specific corner of copyright litigation: mass lawsuits tied to adult films. Since about 2017, Strike 3 — the rights-holder behind brands such as Blacked, Tushy, Vixen and related studio labels —...
New Developments with Strike 3 Cases in the Midwest

New Developments with Strike 3 Cases in the Midwest

Strike 3 Holdings, LLC has once again begun filing new copyright‐infringement lawsuits (“John Doe” filings) in Ohio. We have also seen an uptick in cases filed in Illinois. The Midwest may be Strike 3’s preferred jurisdiction of late, even though we continue to see...
Is Strike 3 Holdings LLC a Copyright Troll?

Is Strike 3 Holdings LLC a Copyright Troll?

The phrase “copyright troll” is loaded — it conjures images of a company buying up rights and then hauling thousands of anonymous internet users into court simply to extract quick settlements. Strike 3 Holdings LLC, the plaintiff behind thousands of BitTorrent-based...