Lionsgate has filed a lawsuit against 10 anonymous individuals the studio alleges were responsible for illegally sharing a high-quality copy of “The Expendables 3″ three weeks before its theatrical debut.
The studio is seeking unspecified monetary damages for contributory copyright infringement, and seeks to block the operators of several cloud-storage and torrent-sharing websites from linking to or distributing the poached copy of the action film.
In addition, Lionsgate’s lawsuit demands that the defendants, identified as John Does 1-10, turn over all digital copies of the film, including hardware like servers that contain pirated copies, and that they be barred from continuing to operate the websites.
According to the lawsuit, Lionsgate became aware on or about July 24 that a digital copy of “Expendables 3″ had been stolen and shared on pirate sites. Since then, there have been more than 2 million downloads of “Expendables 3″ worldwide, according to piracy-tracking firm Excipio.
“Lions Gate is...
The studio is seeking unspecified monetary damages for contributory copyright infringement, and seeks to block the operators of several cloud-storage and torrent-sharing websites from linking to or distributing the poached copy of the action film.
In addition, Lionsgate’s lawsuit demands that the defendants, identified as John Does 1-10, turn over all digital copies of the film, including hardware like servers that contain pirated copies, and that they be barred from continuing to operate the websites.
According to the lawsuit, Lionsgate became aware on or about July 24 that a digital copy of “Expendables 3″ had been stolen and shared on pirate sites. Since then, there have been more than 2 million downloads of “Expendables 3″ worldwide, according to piracy-tracking firm Excipio.
“Lions Gate is...
- 8/1/2014
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety - Film News
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