Studios Seek $20.7M Final Default Judgment Damages for Piracy

Saying the actions of the people behind the Primewire video piracy site "will not stop unless sufficiently deterred," movie production companies suing it for copyright infringement asked the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles to enter a final default judgment award of $20.7 million in statutory damages plus nearly $418,000 in legal fees. In a motion for default judgment Monday (docket 2:21-cv-09317), the plaintiff studios said the defendants haven't appeared in the proceeding and no known counsel represents them. They said the defendants deliberately hid their identities and their profits.