Homegrown Sues Voice Media, Trade News
 

Why aren't we talking about this?

http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary...ntent_ID=77933

LOS ANGELES - New Destiny Internet Group and Xplor Media, Inc., the parent companies that operate Homegrown Video, have sued three companies, Voice Media, Inc. (VMI), Trade News N.V., and Internet Business Services, LLC, charging copyright and trademark infringement.

In its complaint, Homegrown states not only that ?defendant VMI operated a Website under the domain name www.cybererotica.com (the CE site),? but that each of the three companies listed as defendants ?is the alter-ego of each of the other defendants and has operated in such a fashion such that any separateness between the defendants has ceased to exist and there is complete unity of interest between the defendants.?

The original lawsuit was filed in February, and alleges, in addition to the above claims, federal unfair competition, breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, violation of the Unfair Business Practices Act, recision (cancellation of contract), and asks for declaratory relief by seeking permanent injunctions against the three defendants plus unspecified actual, statutory, and punitive damages.

Last week, New Destiny also asked a federal judge to hand down a temporary restraining order against the three defendants.

Court documents obtained by AVN.com indicate New Destiny and Xplor Media accuse Voice Media and Trade News N.V. of infringing Homegrown?s copyright by making a copy of the Video Website Tour available online without Homegrown?s direct permission. New Destiny also accuses Internet Business Services of contributory copyright infringement because, the court filing says, they ?collect income generated by Trade News? infringement as its agent, providing the market and environment for the infringement to thrive.?

Among the unfair practices alleged in the lawsuit are directing traffic to other Websites with pop-ups, without reciprocal such direction to New Destiny?s site; creating other Websites ?with content that competed with the content on the New Destiny site? and directing traffic to those other sites; and co-mingling credit processing for New Destiny?s account with other sites.

Perhaps because we're talking about Penthouse buying iBill.

What is there to really say?

he needs a restraining order in a civil case?

Read the TRO and it becomes very clear why Homegrown is seeking injunctive relief.