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Half of all copyright suits now target anonymous internet subscribers

Published 2026-11-07 · By Pushbuild · Data: US Federal Civil Cases API – 10.9M District Court Cases Since 1988

4,111 of 8,084 copyright suits filed in 2025 named an unidentified "Doe" or "subscriber assigned IP address" as defendant, up from 1,951 of 4,211 in 2021. Robocall suits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act went from 666 in 2020 to 2,564 in 2025.

02,6955,3898,084202120222023202420258,084 Copyright suits4,111 Against Doe or s
Copyright suitsAgainst Doe or subscriber
YearCopyright suitsAgainst Doe or subscriber
20214,2111,951
20225,3392,874
20236,6073,645
20247,2253,948
20258,0844,111

Caveats

TCPA got its own code only in 2019; before that these suits were filed under other codes.

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Data as of 2026-11-07. Every figure in this post is in the table above and the CSV below.

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Every number in this post comes from the US Federal Civil Cases API – 10.9M District Court Cases Since 1988. $0.0008 per row returned; every key gets $1 of free usage each month.

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  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"party": "Tesla", "maxItems": 20}'
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