More than ten years ago, A name called LetMeWatchThis Pirate streaming sites are experiencing domain name problems, After a rapid rebranding 1Channel Nominal regression of. What prompted the site to change its name again is unclear, But in adopting PrimeWire After this name, Traffic poured in from all over the world.

Because of legal action by Hollywood, PrimeWire Early in 2013 One of the first to be blocked in the UK 30 One of the websites, But this is just a start. Australia, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Portugal and other countries have issued similar blocking orders.

Although there are opportunities to challenge at least some of these blocking measures, but PrimeWire Never appeared in court, Not even by E-mail. When the Motion Picture Association of America (MPA) in 2013 When he reported the site to the U. S. Trade Commission in 2005, The parties concerned hope that PrimeWire Shut down, But although there were more reports in the years that followed, It stayed online.

To become the police department to fight intellectual property crimes "List of infringing websites" Having a permanent member on board means increased stress. however, Hollywood never sued.

Movie and TV moguls Sue PrimeWire

2021 years 12 month, Paramount, universal, Warner, Colombia, Disney and Netflix are suddenly competing in the United States PrimeWire Initiate a lawsuit, They are seeking millions in damages and a major injunction, The first of these bans is in 2022 Approved at the beginning of the year.

PrimeWire Maintain its long-held traditions, Take immediate action to eliminate potential domain name seizures, While ignoring the ban, Carry on business as usual.

Just a few weeks later, PrimeWire suddenly "legalize" , Removed all links to pirated movies and TV shows, Then promise to install upload filters, To prevent any more piracy.

Flow plunge, Hollywood pressure

After deleting the pirated content, PrimeWire The traffic disappeared immediately 60%above, But the studios were not satisfied. Based on past behavior patterns, They think PrimeWire Will make a comeback, So they're asking for a default judgment and a permanent injunction.

The court agreed and granted a partial default judgment, It said compensation would be determined at a later stage. PrimeWire Be ordered shut down. Some registries have still not complied with the terms of the preliminary injunction, This means that PrimeWire Still owns the domain name and website.

PrimeWire Not officially named in the lawsuit, So it's impossible to win. It is important that, It's not closed either, In parallel 7 Moon tries to make a comeback, But it was soon MPA s investigators stopped it.

According to documents filed in the case, MPA For tracking PrimeWire The operators have made great efforts, But eventually they ran into shell companies, All kinds of obfuscation measures, And they end up in a dead end.

MPA unprovable PrimeWire Actual profit

Although studios try to quantify it PrimeWire profit, But the odds were always against them. They asked to make 2070 A $10, 000 judgment, This is quite reasonable. Earlier this year, allegedly PrimeWire Provided the plaintiff film company owned 1 Ten thousand works, in 2021 years 10 month, Visitors from the United States alone have 2000 wan.

The studios are aiming low, Only lists 138 An infringing work, But since the maximum legal damages per work is 15 Ten thousand dollars, Total increase rapidly. in 12 month 9 In the judgment of the day, Judge Mark．Scarcy (Mark C. Scarsi) Agree with the plaintiff, anonymous PrimeWire The defendants were well aware that their actions were illegal.

A particularly egregious tort, Maximum compensation

Mr. Scassi's ruling read: "The court held that, The defendant committed an intentional tort, Higher damages should be imposed. The defendant's conduct was particularly shocking. Despite repeated attempts by the plaintiff to take the defendant to court, But the defendant either ignored the plaintiff's email, Or anonymously deny any wrongdoing. "

"In addition, The defendants evaded the court injunction by moving their business to a different domain name. In addition, The defendant obtained a large amount of Internet traffic by illegally broadcasting Plaintiff's copyrighted works, A lot of advertising revenue was generated at the expense of the plaintiffs. "

Scarcy pointed out, The defendant's conduct undoubtedly allowed the court to award the maximum statutory damages. Scassi stressed the value of studio rights, PrimeWire The loss of income suffered by the plaintiff, In particular, the negative impact on the legitimate streaming market.

The judgment continued: "The defendants' unauthorized and unpaid use of copyrighted works resulted in significant loss of income, Because an illegal streaming source like the defendant could divert millions of dollars in subscription fees away from the plaintiff's revenue stream. "

"The high value of plaintiff's copyright also supports the finding that defendant's infringement caused significant loss of income. The maximum statutory damages serve the purpose of deterring defendants and others from infringing upon the plaintiff's valuable works. "

At the request of the studio, The court awarded the maximum legal damages for each work 15 Ten thousand dollars, In litigation 138 The total compensation for the works is 2070 Ten thousand dollars. The court also ruled 417600 In dollars for legal fees, This amount is called "Reasonable and appropriate" . (Compiled from torrentfreak. com)

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