BitTorrent Law Suits Increase Over Past Week

From XBiz -- In the past week 10 porn BitTorrent lawsuits were filed in federal courts throughout the U.S.

Four of the suits were filed by a newcomer in copyright infringement litigation — Bubble Gum Productions of New Jersey.

Bubble Gum sued 257 John Doe defendants in three states — Florida, Illinois and Texas — for movies such as “ExpTeens — November 25, 2011.”

Other companies filing against alleged torrent infringers include Gay filmmaker Sean Cody's company, which filed against another swarm. 808 Holdings LLC, with its third suit over a collective of alleged infringers, filed a single suit days ago in California.

Third Degree Pictures sued 195 in Florida, Elegant Angel sued 159 in Florida and Wicked Pictures and Devil's Film filed suits in California and Florida over an undetermined number.

Other porn BitTorrent suits filed in the past seven days include AF Holdings, which filed against one Doe in Florida, and Metro Interactive, which filed against 56 in Florida.

Each of the suits ask federal judges to order ISPs to disclose user identities of the unnamed Doe defendants and claim infringement damages of up to the statutory maximum of $150,000 per Doe.