Vivid Drops PornoTube Lawsuit Alleging Piracy

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  • xbizdon
    Confirmed User
    • Mar 2004
    • 221

    #1

    Vivid Drops PornoTube Lawsuit Alleging Piracy

    XBIZ REPORT: Vivid Entertainment Group on Monday dropped its lawsuit against AEBN that alleged company division PornoTube.com and parent company Data Conversions Inc. pirated its adult properties.

    http://www.xbiz.com/news/100701
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  • garce
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    • Oct 2001
    • 7103

    #2
    Collusion, I tell you!

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    • The Duck
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      • May 2005
      • 18243

      #3
      cliff notes? why did they drop it
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      • brassmonkey
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        • Sep 2005
        • 77390

        #4
        they can re file the case maybe the attorney saw something
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        • Zorgman
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          • Aug 2002
          • 6103

          #5
          maybe they will join them. Iv seen it happen, your not going to win so partner up with them.
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          • tony299
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            • Aug 2002
            • 57021

            #6
            where is gideon? lol

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            • Barefootsies
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              • Feb 2005
              • 42635

              #7
              Originally posted by tony404
              where is gideon? lol
              My thought exactly.

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              • TheDoc
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                • Jul 2001
                • 13827

                #8
                Just amazing if you ask me.......

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                • Fat Panda
                  Porn is Dead. Move along.
                  • Aug 2006
                  • 13296

                  #9
                  what the fuck

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                  • FreeHugeMovies
                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                    • Dec 2001
                    • 14142

                    #10
                    Like I said. This was all "Smoke and Mirrors" type shit.

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                    • Jens Van Assterdam
                      The Dupre Pimp
                      • Feb 2008
                      • 6677

                      #11
                      Bronation. According to wikipedia, youporn and pornotube have the same ownership.....bronation....bronation......bronatio n...
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                      • Abbie
                        Confirmed User
                        • Aug 2005
                        • 1004

                        #12
                        Interesting turn of events. I wonder if Vivid will issue a press release on the matter.

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                        • wootpr0n
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                          • Apr 2007
                          • 250

                          #13
                          I'm not surprised. Vivid never had a case and they knew it.

                          They only filed the suit in an attempt to scare PornoTube into complying, or force them to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars defending themselves.

                          But it didn't work, and it wasn't worth the cost for Vivid.

                          Plus another court dismissed the Io vs Veoh case a couple of months ago, and that was practically the same thing. Veoh was accused of having infringing porn, some of which had copyright notices in them.

                          The Court said:
                          -they have a DMCA policy and respond to notices
                          -they are not required to spot check videos, and if they do, it doesn't constitute "actual knowledge" of infringement
                          -they can feature some infringing videos on their homepage and it doesn't constitute "actual knowledge" of infringement
                          -they can deal with users who upload infringing content any way they want
                          -a copyright notice is meaningless - Veoh doesn't have to watch the video, and even if they did it would still be meaningless
                          -and nobody can figure out what is copyrighted vs what isn't anyways because some user submitted content can be professionally produced, and some copyrighted content can be deliberately filmed to look like amateur

                          I think that Vivid knew about this decision. It would have been an easy defence for PornoTube (and will be for any other Tube site).
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                          • pornlaw
                            Confirmed User
                            • Feb 2007
                            • 1902

                            #14
                            Not surprised by this at all. And this is the lawsuit that Cambria called "ground breaking." If my sources are correct ... wait to you see who will be doing a seminar together ... very shortly...
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                            • AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE
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                              • Mar 2003
                              • 30307

                              #15
                              I told ya guys when this happened Vivid would drop the situation then join them.

                              SHit like this is clear as day to me. SHouldnt be a surprise folks.

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                              • seeandsee
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                                #16
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                                • gideongallery
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Aug 2003
                                  • 7082

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by wootpr0n
                                  I'm not surprised. Vivid never had a case and they knew it.

                                  They only filed the suit in an attempt to scare PornoTube into complying, or force them to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars defending themselves.

                                  But it didn't work, and it wasn't worth the cost for Vivid.

                                  Plus another court dismissed the Io vs Veoh case a couple of months ago, and that was practically the same thing. Veoh was accused of having infringing porn, some of which had copyright notices in them.

                                  The Court said:
                                  -they have a DMCA policy and respond to notices
                                  -they are not required to spot check videos, and if they do, it doesn't constitute "actual knowledge" of infringement
                                  -they can feature some infringing videos on their homepage and it doesn't constitute "actual knowledge" of infringement
                                  -they can deal with users who upload infringing content any way they want
                                  -a copyright notice is meaningless - Veoh doesn't have to watch the video, and even if they did it would still be meaningless
                                  -and nobody can figure out what is copyrighted vs what isn't anyways because some user submitted content can be professionally produced, and some copyrighted content can be deliberately filmed to look like amateur

                                  I think that Vivid knew about this decision. It would have been an easy defence for PornoTube (and will be for any other Tube site).
                                  beat me too it.

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                                  • Agent 488
                                    Registered User
                                    • Feb 2006
                                    • 22511

                                    #18
                                    vividtube.com

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