Jenner & Block Leads Movie Industry Attack on Internet TV Site
Columbia, Amazon, Disney, Paramount, Warner Brothers and Universal accuse Nitro TV of running "a brazen, large-scale copyright infringement operation."
April 03, 2020 at 08:15 PM
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Major motion picture studios and television companies are looking to shut down an internet television company, accusing it of reproducing their most popular movies and shows, some on a 24/7 basis.
Columbia Pictures Industries Inc., Amazon Content Services LLC, Disney Enterprises Inc. and others are among the plaintiffs signing onto a copyright infringement complaint against Nitro TV in the Central District of California on Friday. They say the company isn't authorized to stream their content.
Nitro TV is an Internet Protocol TV provider that advertises more than 6,000 HD streams, including 24/7 channels that continuously stream live TV broadcasts from around the country and curated content ranging from Major League Baseball games to Spider-Man movies to "Scooby Doo Where Are You!" reruns. The cost is $20 a month, according to Nitro TV's website.
"Defendants' entire business amounts to nothing more than a brazen, large-scale copyright infringement operation, undertaken to maximize ill-gotten profits for as long as possible," the plaintiffs contend in a complaint signed by Jenner & Block partner Julie Shepard.
The complaint names Alejandro Galindo of Texas as a defendant, alleging that he created Nitro TV's official Facebook group to promote the service, plus other unknown defendants. Nitro TV did not immediately respond Friday afternoon to an email seeking comment.
Shepard is joined on the complaint by partner Gianni Servodidio and associates Andrew Sullivan, Sati Harutyunyan and Effiong Dampha. They point out that a consortium of content owners sued a similar service, Set TV now, and won an injunction last year shutting it down.
The complaint seeks damages in an amount to be proved at trial or, alternatively, $150,000 in statutory damages per infringed work, an injunction and their attorney fees.
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