A Canadian court awarded a $ 10.5 million fine to the owner of the Simpsons and Family Guy sites

It seems that the right holders continue to win victory after victory, not only in the United States, but also in other countries, including Canada. So, recently it became known about the imposition of a huge fine of 10.5 million dollars on the Canadian, who is the creator of the sites with the ability to view the Simpsons and Family Guy. At the same time, the sites did not show cartoons from their own servers (i.e., video files were not stored on the servers of the sites), and the embed codes of video players from external sources were placed on the resource pages.

The sites themselves were launched in 2008 and 2009, respectively, and during their work, both resources received 87 million visitors. Right holders tried several times to close sites, starting in 2008. In 2010, the MPAA even began preparing for a lawsuit on resources, but for some reason the process was terminated.
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After that, the sites continued to work without any particular problems, but this was the calm before the storm. In 2013, in October, Fox TV began its own lawsuit in the Federal Court of Canada. As part of the process, the police “visited” the site owner in his own home. The site administrator did not defend himself, knowing that he would not be able to win the court, which, among other things, also requires more funds. So this man did not even appear in court, and the decision was made in his absence.

However, the penalty of $ 10.5 million is quite real, and the defendant will have to pay the full amount. The amount of the fine includes direct damages to the claimant, a fine for violating the laws, as well as payment of legal costs. The name of the respondent is still unknown to the public, he worked under anyone "Joecool6101". Among other things, the court forbade the defendant in the future to violate the rights of the Fox channel.

Via torrentfreak