The battle between the entertainment industry and piracy sites is often called "Cat catches mouse" The game of. These operators are often anonymous, Or in a foreign country, A complete disregard for any legal threat. Take the Pirate Bay, The founders of the site are in 10 He was convicted years ago, But the site continues to thrive, You can still go from the original. org Domain access, But the identity of the existing operators is unknown. The Pirate Bay is just the tip of the iceberg, There are thousands of other piracy sites. Some offer a wide variety of content, Some focus on niche markets, For example, specialized provision "pinoy" (Philippines) Movies and TV series. Pinoy It's a term used by Filipinos to refer to Filipino culture and content (Include entertainment) Terms of. These are Filipino media groups ABS-CBN Core business, The group has been active in US courts in recent years. ABS-CBN American media giants rarely Sue local piracy sites, though, but ABS-CBN Have already sued 100 Multiple websites. For example, Earlier this year, ABS-CBN A federal court in Florida vs 21 The name "anonymous" The website operator filed a lawsuit for copyright and trademark infringement. The defendant mainly ran smaller businesses "pinoy" Streaming media website. The legal documents list it 40 a "piracy" Domain name, include pinoymovies. org, pinoyhd. net, pinoysflix. su, 123fullpinoymovieshub. com and craigwhittakermp. co. uk. At first sight, In the list craigwhittakermp. co. uk It's a very strange name. The domain name was previously associated with British Conservative MP Craig．Whitaker (Craig Whittaker) Be concerned with, But it was later taken over by pirates, And turned it into a streaming portal. As usual, None of the defendants appeared in court. This prompts ABS-CBN A default judgment was requested, Including permanent injunctions and damages for copyright and trademark infringement. recently, The motion was granted by District Court Judge James B．Cohen (James Cohn) Approval of. Millions of dollars in damages without any of the defendants speaking out, The court approved the payment by each website operator 100 A claim for $10, 000 in trademark infringement damages. In addition, Among them 6 The defendant must also pay for copyright infringement 3 Wanto 9 Compensation ranging from $10, 000. Finally, thefilipinochannel. su Operators will have to pay extra for squatting domain names 1 Ten thousand dollars, Because the domain name is the same as ABS-CBN Is confusingly similar to one of the registered trademarks of. The court order is a huge windfall for the media giant, At least on paper. however, Without knowing who the operators are and where they are located, Getting paid will be quite a challenge. And assuming the defendant has the means to pay. ABS-CBN Aware of the problem, And to a certain extent anticipated. In addition, It also has a bigger goal, Make sure the website is no longer available. In this respect, The media giant has succeeded. The forfeiture of advertising revenue and domain default judgments included a permanent injunction, Demanding that AD networks and payment providers hand over the revenue generated by these pirate sites. The court order says: "Currently subject to financial institutions, Advertising service, Advertising network or advertising platform, Payment processor, bank... All funds restricted shall be immediately (in 5 Within working days) transfer... To the plaintiff and (or) Plaintiff's lawyer, As payment for a monetary judgment against each defendant. " In addition to getting these funds, Domain name registrars associated with these pirate sites (registrar) You must give the domain name to ABS-CBN. "In order for the permanent injunction to have real effect, The defendant is hereby ordered, Its assignee and (or) The heir to the interest or title and the registrar immediately give the domain name to the plaintiff's control. " If the current registrar does not comply, ABS-CBN The matter may be referred to the Registrar (registry) Deal with. Registration authority (For example. ORG Public interest registration agency) Move it from the GTLDS (TLD) Deleted from the area file. The lawsuit has succeeded in taking several pirate websites offline. Already have 18 Domain name (Include all. org, . com, . to and. net Domain name) Points to a service notification page, Visitors can learn about the legal action on this page. 10 a. su Domain name still available, 8 Redirect to a new domain name. The rest 4 A domain name has not yet been seized, But it was shut down for another reason. It's hard to say how effective this legal strategy is. After all, The site operator whose domain name is confiscated can simply continue to use another domain name. In this case, ABS-CBN There will have to be renewed action. That is to say, The lawsuit suggests that action can be taken against foreign piracy sites through the American court system. Theoretically speaking, This may also affect usage. org Domain name of the Pirate Bay, But the notorious torrent site has been shown before, If necessary, It can switch to the new domain name.

(Compiled from torrentfreak. com)

Reprinted from China Intellectual Property Network   translation: Rason group　proofread: Liu Peng

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