7 Over the years, Open source web movie player Popcorn Time Has been a thorn in the side of studios big and small, Thorn in the flesh. Popcorn Time Is a simple to use application, Offers video streams of thousands of movies and TV shows.

Legal problem

Motion Picture Association of America (MPA) Aware of the threat, And forced the original developer offline. Although it worked, But it was too late, Others quickly reverted to open source projects. Last year, Hawaii anti-piracy lawyer Kerry．Culpepper (Kerry Culpepper) registered "Popcorn Time" trademark, He stopped with the trademark Popcorn Time Twitter account.

At about the same time, The world's largest code hosting platform Github On receiving MPA The complaint was deleted Popcorn Time repository, The decision was later reversed. Motion picture suit Popcorn Time A few months ago, include "Ace bouncer (Hitman' sBodyguard) " and "London falls (London Has Fallen) " A group of independent film companies, including producers, are cracking down harder, Sue PopcornTime. app Operators and VPN service VPN. ht. According to a recent court filing, VPN. ht And the filmmakers are about to sign a settlement agreement. however, "Popcorn Time" The anonymous operator did not appear in court.

Shortly after the filmmakers filed their lawsuit, PopcornTime. app The official website disappeared. Millions of dollars in damages Film companies have followed these developments closely, And determined to shut down the newly cloned repository once and for all. There was no official response from the developers. The studio is now asking the court for a default judgment, And seeking millions of dollars in damages for various copyright and trademark infringements. The list of demands is long.

Among other things, The film producer 21 Copyright infringement of a film seeks the maximum statutory damages, Add up to 315 Ten thousand dollars. That's not all, Popcorn Time The trademark owner of 42 Ventures company (Kerry．Mr. Culpepper is a director of the company) Has also been added to the lawsuit.

The company was asked 200 $10, 000 for trademark infringement. The amount sought would bankrupt most people. however, The studio also filed an injunction request, This could have wider consequences. Site blocking and other prohibitions require ISPs to block access Popcorn Time Multiple domain names of, include popcorn-ru. tk.

So far, No federal court has issued such a blocking order in a piracy case, But the filmmakers think it is "Digital Millennium Copyright Act" (DMCA) One of the options below. specifically, DMCA The first 512 The article allows court orders to require Internet providers "Block access to specific sites outside the United States, The identified online location" .

The studios' proposed order has yet to be approved by the court, Its contents are as follows: Upon receipt of this command 60 Within a day, All Internet service providers subject to U. S. personal jurisdiction use their best efforts to block the following domain names on their servers or on servers under their control: http: //popcorn-ru. tk, https: //popcorn-time. tw/and https: //popcorntime-online. ch/. These Internet service providers include Comcast (Comcast) , Verizon (Verizon) And AT&T (AT&T) , It can use various masking options, This includes blocking domain names and IP address. The injunction sought by the studios does not end there. They also want Cloudflare And third-party service providers like Google also block access Popcorn Time Domain name, This includes deleting all search engine results. In addition, The rights holder is also seeking a court order requiring the developer platform GitHub will Popcorn Time The repository and various related accounts are offline.

As previously mentioned, The requests were filed as part of a motion for default judgment. That means the defendant will not appear in court, That makes it more likely that the court will grant the request. If the order is granted, Some third-party agents will object.

(Compiled from torrentfreak. com)

Reprinted from China Intellectual Property Network   translation: Rason group　proofread: Wu Xian

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