Fans of downloading pirated movies through YTS might want to think twice before doing so as a federal court over in Arizona recently fined a US based couple a total of $35,000 after sharing pirated copies of the movies Saving Christmas and Lost Chile according to a report by TorrentFreak. Back in the past, there were allegedly hundreds of thousands of different people that have all been accused by certain movie companies for sharing certain pirated movies all through BitTorrent but this is one of the rare cases that have been made public.
Couple vs. Kelly Culpepper
Kerry Culpepper initially had plans to use the very same approach against the Amazon-based Mrs. Parks and her own husband after her email address was found linked towards downloading certain pirated copies of the known films "Saving Christmas" and "Lost Child". This particular information was actually found from a given user database of the popular torrent site known as YTS, that was then shared as a part of another earlier settlement and was then used by Culpepper in order to negotiate certain settlements both in and out of the court.
The story was reported by TechWorm and for those that aren't familiar with Kerry Culpepper, this is one of the most prolifically known anti-piracy lawyers coming from Hawaii that is working for Voltage Pictures, Millennium Films, and also several of their daughter companies. He has also previously filed a known lawsuit against certain downloaders and owners of these well known pirate apps and sites which include Popcorn Time, YTS, MKVcage, Showbox, and Cotomovies.
The initial fine was just $1,000
Initially, Mrs. Parks was given the freedom to resolve her case for a payment of $1,000 made four times and given the condition that if the first three payments did arrive on time, the final $250 would then be waived. This deal was initially confirmed by both Mrs. Parks and her husband Mr. Dabney but the deal went southwards after there were no payments made.
Dabney actually accused the movie companies' own lawyer of being both a fraud and a scam and this is when the lawyer decided to move to court with accusations that the Arizona couple had done copyright infringement and requested damages.
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Fine grew to $35,000 after couple did not pay
With the couple's failure to hold themselves up in court, the movie companies then went ahead with the said case and demanded a strong amount of $35,000 in damages, of which was detailed as $15,00 for the statutory copyright infringement damages for both movies as well as $5,000 for distributing this movies with the altered "copyright management information."
The decision was then made final by the US District Judge known as Susan Bolton which means that this couple will be made to pay a total of $35,000 in damages and an additional $5,000 in attorney fees.
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Written by Urian Buenconsejo
