Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Summary
Strike 3 Holdings sues Meta for copyright infringement over allegedly unauthorized adult content on its platforms.
Summary generated by AI from public docket data. Verify against the original filing before relying on it.
Coverage vs reality meter
Coverage events: 15P · 8D · 8N (78 articles)
Press coverage leans plaintiff-favorable; no court ruling has been classified yet.
Coverage breakdown — the articles behind the meter
48 plaintiff-favorable · 22 defendant-favorable · 8 neutral articles
The meter counts distinct coverage events, not articles: 15 plaintiff · 8 defendant · 8 neutral events — a burst of same-stance coverage counts once, however many outlets ran it.
- Adult film studio says a Meta exec torrented nearly 20K files on his home internet — wants it folded into a $446M caseYahoo Finance · 2026-09-09
- Adult Film Producer Unmasks Prolific ‘John Doe’ Torrent Pirate as Meta Executivetorrentfreak.com · 2026-09-04
- Meta Confirms ‘Data Engineer’ is Behind Key IP Address in Adult Film Piracy Lawsuittorrentfreak.com · 2026-07-26
- A porn company sues Meta — and it could win | Los Angeles Times - newspaperMagzter · 2026-06-22
- Film Companies "Piggyback" on Other Lawsuits to Unmask BitTorrent Piratestorrentfreak.com · 2026-06-23
- COPYRIGHT—N.D. Cal.: Meta strikes out in round one against porn merchant (Jun 12, 2026)VitalLaw.com · 2026-06-13
- Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Rejects Claims Of Using Porn For AI Training, Blames StaffsMSN · 2026-04-23
- Supreme Court Draws a Hard Line on Contributory Infringement in Cox v. Sony MusicCopyright Lately · 2026-03-25
Coverage sentiment vs. docket activity over time
Counsel of record
- Burke Williams & Sorensen, LLPBrian Scott Ginter
- Law Offices of Lincoln Bandlow, PCLincoln Dee Bandlow
- The Law Office of Jeremy J. Thompson, PLLCJeremy Thompson
- Waugh PLLCChristian Waugh , I
- Independent counselTrey D. Brown
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPAngela Dunning, Kimberly Bittinger, Sam Blankenship +2 more
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- Docket no.
- 5:25-cv-06213
- Nature of suit
- Copyright
- Judge
- Eumi K. Lee
- Filed
- 2025-07-23
- Last filing
- 2026-10-21
Cause
17:101 Copyright Infringement
Entities in this case
Parties
Counterlife Media, LLC (plaintiff) Strike 3 Holdings, LLC (plaintiff) Meta Platforms, Inc. (defendant)
Docket entries
- 2026-07-10
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- 2026-07-09
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- 2026-07-06
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- 2026-06-02
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- 2026-03-05
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- 2026-03-04
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- 2026-03-04
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- 2026-03-04
CASE REFERRED to Mediation. (cmf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/4/2026)
- 2026-03-03
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- 2026-03-03
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- 2026-02-11
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- 2026-01-05
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- 2025-09-19
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- 2025-09-19
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- 2025-09-19
CASE REFERRED to Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen for Discovery. (smc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/19/2025)
- 2025-09-18
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- 2025-09-18
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- 2025-09-16
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- 2025-07-24
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- 2025-07-24
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Docket history from CourtListener/RECAP — most recent first.