Copyright violations: Another lawsuit by production companies against VPN providers

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After it was recently announced that film funding groups were suing a VPN provider for advertising illegal content, production companies have now set their sights on yet another service. In addition to "VPN.ht", they are also suing a hosting provider and Popcorn Time.

We recently reported a lawsuit against VPN provider Liquid VPN for allegedly advertising illegal torrents and streaming portals. With "VPN.ht" another of these providers is now in the crossfire. Smaller production companies are suing the service for massive copyright violations. In the complaint that attorney Timothy Hyland has submitted to the federal court of Virginia, hosting partner Voxility and the "PopcornTime.app" are mentioned.

Various production companies such as Fallen Productions, Millennium Funding and Voltage Holdings are on the side of the plaintiffs. The fact that you have the BitTorrent client Popcorn Time on your screen may not come as a surprise. The allegation of copyright infringement is anything but new in the context . The approach of including the VPN service "VPN.ht" (Wicked Technology) and its hosting provider Voxility in the application is more unusual.

Because hosting the VPN server is actually a neutral matter. For what purposes they are used, legal as well as illegal, is ultimately up to the user. However, the plaintiffs accuse the hosting service of having known exactly what its services are used for. Voxility has already been informed several times that Internet users are committing copyright violations via the VPN service. Nevertheless, Wicked would have continued to offer his services.

Popcorn Time was apparently advertised openly

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Lawyers reportedly notified Voxility in writing that Wicked is promoting its VPN service in connection with Popcorn Time. The providing partner actually agreed to terminate the VPN service's account. But months had passed by then.

To support the charges, plaintiffs have attached several screenshots. There you can see, among other things, how Wicked encourages users to use Popcorn Time. Other torrent sites also appear in the screenshots.

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As in the case of "Liquid VPN", the plaintiffs call on Wicked and Voxility to make access to pirate sites impossible. To do this, they should block ports 6881 to 6889, for example, because they are usually used by bittorrent providers. In connection with "VPN.ht", the production companies also seem to be hoping to identify the operator of "PopcornTime.app"; for example through money that flowed between the companies.

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