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Introduction

Here is what you may typically see if you are the subscriber of an internet account being accused of illegally downloading and sharing (distributing) copyright registered adult movies.

As you can see, the notice makes the recipient believe they can quash the subpoena, and potentially end the case.  But, is this really possible?

Can you quash the subpoena?

The reality is that no federal courts I know of are currently willing to QUASH the Strike 3 Holdings subpoena.  They believe there is no other way S3 can determine if they can identify the infringer, so they allow them to get the subpoena and conduct their due diligence to see if they can identify and pursue the infringer.  The motion to quash, will thus likely NOT be available to stop the ISP from providing Strike3 with the name of the internet subscriber.  As this shows (always provided by the ISP to the subscriber), there are limited grounds in general to quash the subpoena.

These grounds have been tried, with no success.  So, while the ISP provides this notice, do not expect much to become of it.   Never say never, but this is the current state of things.

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