ABS-CBN Seeking Default Judgments Against Multiple Pirate Site Operators

Since the parties behind various online streaming services admitted by default to Filipino TV network ABS-CBN's piracy and copyright infringement complaint by never responding to the lawsuit filed in April, the Philippine media company is seeking a final default judgment, it said in a motion (in Pacer) filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Miami. In the motion, ABS-CBN asked the court for a permanent injunction, statutory damages and cancellation or transfer the domain names to ABS-CBN. The 19 sites in question include Cinesilip.net, Embeds.me and Fullpinoymovies.com, said the filing. At least some of those sites now feature only filings on the ABS-CBN suit instead of video content. Also on Monday, ABS-CBN filed a proposed final default judgment and permanent injunction (in Pacer) with the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles seeking a court order barring the defendants there from copying and distributing ABS-CBN copyrighted works. The proposed default judgment also asks the court to give it the domain names of the defendants' pirate sites, plus damages. The 11 sites in question in the California suit include Filikula.com, Pinoyglobaltv.com and Pinoystv.com, said the filing. ABS-CBN is pursuing litigation against the operators of multiple piracy sites (see 1704030018).