Court Hits DVD Pirates with $7.5 Million Judgment

Court hits DVD pirates with $7.5 million judgment

An anti-piracy billboard. (Image by Lord Jim via Flickr Creative Commons, Graphic: Descrier) A federal court in Washington state has imposed a $7.5 million judgment against nearly two dozen defendants who were accused of selling DVDs on Amazon that contained unauthorized copies of major Hollywood films. The money will be paid to Amazon and to several production studios, including Comcast’s NBC Universal, Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) and Paramount…

$7.5m damages in Seattle counterfeit DVD case

A federal court in Seattle has issued a default judgment in favour of Amazon and studio plaintiffs Paramount, Universal, Warner Bros and HBO in a joint action targeting an international counterfeiting operation that sold fake DVDs on Amazon. The ruling grants all requested relief—including more than $7.5 million (€6.5m) in statutory damages and broad injunctive […]