![]() “Defendant is ORDERED to refrain from directly or indirectly selling any of said streaming devices made by Defendant Dragon Media, Inc. The injunction issued against defendant Barnhart does suggest, however, that the Dragon Boxes he sells will be ‘modified.’ Since the settlement agreements have not been published, we don’t know whether any compensation was paid. The latter includes an injunction, preventing both from infringing any of ME2 and Venice’s works going forward. Both Naino Bettencourt and Jason Barnhart reached a settlement and signed a consent judgment. The two resellers also resolved their dispute with the filmmakers. The dismissal follows a settlement agreement by the parties involved, the terms of which have not been publicly released. Yesterday, ME2 and Venice dismissed their claims against Dragon Media and its owner Paul Christoforo. While copyright infringement cases can drag on for years, this lawsuit was resolved rather swiftly. Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court enter a preliminary injunction that requires the Dragon Box Defendants to halt their flagrantly illegal conduct immediately,” ME2 and Venice stated.ĭragon Box and its owner Paul Christoforo, as well as the resellers Naino Bettencourt and Jason Barnhart, who run “The Dragon Box Hawaii” and “JB Dragon Box-Hawaii Kai” respectively, all stood accused of contributory copyright infringement. “Simply put, Dragon Box is intentionally inducing infringement. The defendants were well aware of this, it argues, adding that the defendants promoted the box with terms hinting at infringing uses. The complaint describes how the Dragon Box can be used to access copyrighted material, including the works of ME2 and Venice. Dragon Box is one of the devices that got into legal trouble recently.ĭragon Media and two of its resellers in Hawaii were added to a lawsuit by the rightsholders of the films “ Mechanic: Resurrection” (ME2) and “ Once Upon a Time in Venice.” This case started out as a ‘classic’ BitTorrent piracy case but switched focus to the streaming box. While these devices can be used to consume content legally, the entertainment industry also sees them as a potential threat.įor many copyright holders, the threat is viewed as a top enforcement priority, one that has already led to several arrests and lawsuits. Streaming set-top boxes have been selling like hot cakes over the past several years.
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