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Two Californian judges have thrown up a roadblock for Malibu Media, the adult media publisher that files thousands of copyright lawsuits each year. Both judges have refused to grant a subpoena to expose the personal details of alleged pirates, arguing that the geolocation tools that linked the wrongdoers to their district are not sufficient in these cases. While relatively underreported, many U.S. district courts are still swamped with lawsuits against alleged film pirates. Malibu Media, the Los Angeles based company behind the 'X-Art' adult movies, is behind most of these cases. The company has filed thousands of lawsuits in recent years, targeting Internet subscribers whose accounts were allegedly used to share Malibu's films via BitTorrent. Like all copyright holders Malibu collects file-sharers' IP-addresses as evidence. They then ask the courts to grant a subpoena, forcing Internet providers to hand over the personal details of the associated account holders. Read More |