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WWE Sues BitTorrent Users in Copyright Claim

2017/04/12

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Studios Finance has sued a group of BitTorrent users in a copyright infringement claim.
WWE filed its suit at the US District Court for the District of Connecticut on April 6, alleging that the defendants, who are unidentified, infringed and vicariously infringed its copyright. According to the suit, the defendants used the BitTorrent protocol to “unlawfully acquire, reproduce, and distribute” a film called “Eliminators”. "Eliminators" is a 2016 US action thriller film released by WWE Studios. WWE used forensic software to identify the IP addresses associated with the infringement, the claim added. The entertainment broadcaster added that as the copyright was copied to each defendant’s computer, each defendant distributed the work by making the downloadable pieces available to other BitTorrent users.
WWE asked for actual damages, statutory damages of $150,000 per infringement, costs and jury trial.

Source: IPR in China
　　




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