TickBox Agrees to Settlement in Video Piracy Complaint

A stipulated permanent injunction against streaming media player company TickBox is "an important milestone for ... the global effort to reduce online piracy," MPAA said Tuesday. TickBox -- being sued by a variety of content companies for abetting video piracy (see 1712290026) -- and the plaintiff group Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment said in a U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Los Angeles, stipulation (in Pacer, docket 17-cv-7496) they agreed to the stipulated $25 million judgment in favor of the plaintiffs and the proposed permanent injunction barring TickBox from being a party to add-on software that links to third-party pirate cyberlockers or streaming sites.