Virginia man owes $1.5 million for sharing 10 porn films
Man ignores summons for P2P case, so judge socks him with maximum penalty.
A Virginia man has been ordered to pay $1.5 million to porn publisher Flava Works for uploading 10 of its copyrighted films to peer-to-peer networks. The default judgment, entered after defendant Kywan Fisher failed to show up in court, was the maximum penalty the judge could have imposed.
Flava Works is an avid copyright litigator. In August, the firm suffered an appeals court setback in its legal battle against a "video bookmarking" site. The firm has also been suing customers like Fisher who leak copies of its videos to peer-to-peer networks.
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