Adult Film Producer Unmasks Prolific 'John DOE' Torrent Pirate as Meta Executive

	Adult Film Producer Unmasks Prolific 'John DOE' Torrent Pirate as Meta Executive(torrentfreak.com)
	422 points by speckx 6 days ago \| 244 comments
	tl;dr: Adult film producer Strike 3 Holdings claims a John Doe it unmasked via an AT&T subpoena is a Meta Reality Labs executive who torrented nearly 20,000 files, and wants the case linked to its $446M BitTorrent lawsuit against Meta over alleged AI training data. Strike 3 argues the timing—downloads on the residential IP began hours after it warned Meta's lawyers about corporate IP infringement—suggests Meta shifted piracy to hide it. Meta counters that an IP address doesn't identify an infringer and that nothing connects the downloads to company activity.
	HN Discussion: ↑Timing of downloads shifting to residential IP supports Strike 3's theory of Meta hiding piracy ↓Strike 3 is a notorious copyright troll, undermining the credibility of their claims ↓The diverse content downloaded suggests personal piracy, not a coordinated corporate cover-up ↓Skeptical an executive would take on personal liability for the company's benefit ↑The sheer volume of downloads makes personal use implausible, supporting suspicion of corporate involvement