Lionsgate has been allowed to subpoena companies to help it find those who pirated copies of The Expendables 3.

The studio had previously been given a restraining order against torrent sites that provided access to a leaked version of the Sylvester Stallone movie.



They will now ask companies including Google and GoDaddy to find the sharers' identities.

The subpoenas will be sent to "the third parties whom Lionsgate has identified as likely to be providing services to the defendants who operate" websites including billionuploads.com, hulkfile.eu and dotsemper.com.

Third parties include CloudFlare, Incapsula, Google, GoDaddy and Domains by Proxy LLC.

The film was leaked in full two weeks before its release on August 15.

"Through these subpoenas, Lionsgate may demand the production of electronically stored information and other documents and information that is reasonably calculated to the discovery of Defendants' identities and locations," the order reads.

"This includes but is not limited to billing records, website content, server logs and correspondence with any one or more of the defendants."

The Expendables 3 is released in the UK on August 14. Watch highlights from the world premiere below:

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