3 Count: Self-Leak

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1: Ariana Grande Granted Expedited Subpoena in Lawsuit Over Leaked Music

First off today, Ethan Millman at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that Ariana Grande has been granted an expedited subpoena in a lawsuit over music allegedly hacked and leaked from her private accounts.

Grande filed the lawsuit in July, alleging that unknown hackers had targeted both her and those close to her in a bid to access private content, including images and unreleased music. The identified several internet platforms and other entities that were used in the attack or the distribution of the content. As such, she is seeking an expedited subpoena to obtain information from those entities.

The court has now granted Grande’s request, setting aside the normal waiting period for such a subpoena. She adds that this is the second time that this has happened to her, the first time being in 2023 when some 45 of her unreleased songs were leaked online.

2: Aldi’s Baby Puffs Snuffed Out in Snack Appeal Case

Next up today, Catherine Bouris at 9News reports that, in Australia, the grocery chain Aldi has suffered another legal setback as an appeals court has ruled more of its packages were in fringing and that the company must pay additional damages.

The dispute is over the packaging of Aldi’s Mamia Baby Puffs. According to Hampden Holdings, who makes Little Bellies and Mighty Bellies snacks, Aldi’s packaging is misleading and deceptive. They claim that the packaging infringes on their copyrights. In 2024, a lower court agreed with Hampden Holdings, finding that three of the designs were infringing though eight others were not.

However, now the appeals court has added two more designs to the infringing list. The court also ruled that there will be additional damages for those designs as Aldi failed to change the packaging after receiving warnings. Aldi did score one victory with the appeals court ruling that the original judge used the wrong standard to determine damages. This sends the case back to the lower court for a new decision on damages.

3: Amazon Seemingly Leaked Jason Statham’s Entire Mutiny Movie

Finally today, Jess Weatherbed at The Verge reports that the upcoming Jason Statham movie Mutiny is scheduled to be release in theaters tomorrow. However, several lucky Amazon Prime subscribers were able to watch the movie early with nothing but their Prime membership.

The reason is that the film was accidentally leaked onto Amazon Prime two days before its official release. It remained online for long enough for several users to watch it in its entirety. Some users also downloaded the film and began to upload it to pirate websites.

After media attention began to build, Amazon removed the film from its Prime Video service. No one at Amazon or Lionsgate, the film’s distributor, commented on the matter.

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