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CORBIN FISHER FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST DVD DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE
By: Keith Witchka, Staff Writer - 12-16-09 - 9:55 a.m. PDT
Premiere gay adult studio, Corbin Fisher, has filed a federal lawsuit against a number of individuals involved in a widespread counterfeit DVD distribution enterprise.
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The primary defendants are David Trice of Dallas, Texas and Eric Brown of Pittsburgh, PA. The lawsuit follows an investigation into multiple purveyors of pirated DVDs on the popular eBay auction site.
"We got a tip about our content being sold on eBay, and engaged in some good old fashioned detective work to track down the culprits," said Marc J. Randazza, General Counsel for the company. "Once we had enough evidence on them, we filed our lawsuit. We've heard from one defendant already, who seemed pretty distraught."
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Corbin Fisher has taken a strong stance against piracy recently. This suit comes on the heels of victories in which Corbin Fisher has collected sizeable judgments from various intellectual property infringers, including the tube site DudeVu, which went offline after Corbin Fisher took legal action against the site."While we are targeting a lot of intellectual property thieves, most of them are online," said Brian Dunlap, COO of Corbin Fisher. "This is old school counterfeit DVD production."
"Anyone who steals our material causes us considerable harm, and so we're intent on going after everyone that does it - online and offline; large companies or individuals. The law is clearly in our favor when it comes to pursuing those who steal and illegally distribute our intellectual property.
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In this particular case, we're not only going after the individuals who illegally produced and sold DVDs featuring our material, but also the individuals and parties that purchased those DVDs - and anyone should be aware that, in cases like this, those facing costly lawsuits and settlements are often more than eager to offer up information they think might help minimize the damages they face - the names and addresses of their customers; the IP addresses and contact information of people who upload files; lists of subscribers or co-conspirators. There is no loyalty among thieves, and that works in our favor."
The lawsuit seeks millions of dollars in damages. Each count of copyright infringement comes with statutory penalties of between $750 and $150,000 per count. Corbin Fisher brought 66 counts against Trice and 70 counts against Brown. The suit seeks $10,000,000 in damages against each defendant. The suit also names a number of John Doe defendants.
"We aren't just going after the big guys," said Dunlap. "We are going after each and every person who even bought a DVD from one of these guys. We are certain that as the case goes on, we will identify each and every one of them."
Check out exclusively on JRL, the full complaint filed by Liberty Media Holdings against David Trice, Eric Brown and John Doe. CLICK HERE
