Screenshot of illegal Popcorn Time streaming software.
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POPCORN TIME
Eleven independent film studios have sued the Popcorn Time platform.
A complaint for "infringement of copyright" was filed this Friday in Virginia (United States).
It targets the video streaming software used to watch pirated movies, its users and two other companies: Voxility and VPN.ht, according to legal documents that
Torrent Freak
has obtained
.
VPN.ht and its parent company Wicked Technology Unlimited are accused of providing Popcorn Time with the tools to anonymize the hackers who supply the movies.
Less cautious than the big American studios
The studios also claim that these services use Voxility's servers.
According to them, the company should have acted upon receipt of suspension requests from the plaintiffs' lawyers regarding the activities it hosts.
Voxility has finally taken the necessary measures, but representatives of companies linked to the cinema regret that it took several months.
Unlike the big American studios, the plaintiffs did not hesitate to attack Popcorn Time and the services which, according to them, promote the proper functioning of cinematographic piracy.
The studios demanded that the targeted companies put an end to activities deemed illegal and that they block access to sites offering pirated films.
The lawsuit targets in particular the ports 6881 to 6889, usually used for the exchange of contents via BitTorrent.
The complainants also deplore the highlighting of Popcorn Time on the VPN.ht site, which is itself recommended by the streaming platform to hide the identity of users.
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