Content Companies Allege Video Piracy in Dragon Box Complaint

January 12, 2018 |Streaming Media

Content companies, including the content arms of Netflix and Amazon, are suing the Dragon Box streaming media device for copyright infringement, The docket 18-CV-230 complaint (in Pacer) filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles alleges Dragon Box deliberately provides customers with a customized configuration Kodi media player software that allows for pirating content. Plaintiffs in the suit are Netflix Studios, Amazon Content Services, Columbia Pictures, Disney Enterprises, Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Film, Universal City Studios and Warner Brothers Entertainment. Also named as defendants are Californians Jeff Williams, a Dragon Box reseller, and Paul Christoforo, president of Dragon Media, doing business as Dragon Box. Dragon Box didn't comment Thursday.