Judge Ursula Ungaro from the Southern District of Florida has denied a Motion of Copyright Plaintiff “Strike 3 Holdings, LLC” for a Subpoena to an ISP. Strike 3 hopes to uncover the identity of the subscriber in order to further “investigate” its claims of copyright infringement via bittorrent-based file-sharing.
The Judge cites the unreliability of IP geolocation technology in determining whether a defendant infringer is within the court’s jurisdiction.
Let’s review.
S3H Florida Denial - 1:19-cv-20761-UU