Marvel has chosen to fully go after the infamous and currently anonymous source of the Avengers: Age of Ultron leak which took place a week before Marvel was set to release the trailer during an episode of Agents of SHIELD.
Now here comes the subpoena:
Marvel is moving swiftly on the possibility it has an Avengers: Age of Ultron leaker in its midst, going to a California federal court for the issuance of a subpoena on Google.
The entertainment company says in court documents that someone using the name “John Gazelle” posted a file of the film on a Google Drive account. On October 22, a lawyer at Marvel parent Disney sent Google a takedown notice pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, requesting that Google expeditiously remove the file.
But Marvel wants more identifying information about the alleged infringer. The company is going after the IP address associated with this user’s YouTube and Google+ accounts.
With Marvel unload their ambitious Third Phase slate last week, privacy and the need to contain leaks is at an all-time high. Marvel isn’t messing around.