Matrix Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Several movie companies are trying to shut down the largest torrent site on the Internet through the Hawaiian federal court. The filmmakers accuse the persons behind YTS.am and yifymovies.is of inducing massive copyright infringement. Two users of the sites were initially targeted as well, but these have resolved their cases. With millions of visitors, YTS.am is the most visited torrent site on the Internet, beating even the legendary Pirate Bay. The site ‘unofficially’ took over the YTS brand when the original group threw the towel in 2015. It is one of the many sites out there today that keep the YTS and the related YIFY brands alive and well. The popularity of these sites is a thorn in the side of filmmakers and a select group of them is now taking action through a complaint filed at a federal court in Hawaii. The companies behind the movies Singularity, Once Upon a Time in Venice, Mechanic: Resurrection, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, I Feel Pretty, Boyka: Undisputed and Hunter Killer, accuse the alleged operators of YIFYMovies.is and YTS.am of inducing and contributing to massive piracy. “Plaintiffs bring this action to stop the massive piracy of their motion pictures brought on by websites under the collective names YIFY and YTS and their users,” it reads. The case was filed last month but has thus far remained under the radar. The names of the alleged site operators are not known. They are referred to as Doe 1 and Doe 2 respectively. “Defendants DOE 1 and DOE 2 cause harm to Plaintiffs’ business within this District by diverting customers in this District to unauthorized Internet based content distribution services through, at least, the websites yifymovies.is and yts.ag .” Both sites operate differently. YTS.ag, which now uses the YTS.am domain name, is a torrent site and by far the most popular of the two. YIFYMovies.is, on the other hand, allows users to stream content directly on the site. The movie companies accuse both site operators of intentional inducement of copyright infringement as well as contributory copyright infringement. Among other things, they are believed to have helped many of the site’s users to download or stream movies without permission, while making money through advertisements. While there are no known connections that we’re aware of, the filmmakers allege that both sites “act in concert” as they use the same type of logo. These are derived from the original YTS and YIFY logos, although these are used by many other copycat sites as well. YTS.am Through the lawsuit the filmmakers demand damages, which can reach up to $150,000 per pirated film. In addition, the companies request an injunction to prevent third-party intermediaries such as hosting companies, domain registrars, and search engines, form facilitating access to the YIFYMovies.is, YTS.ag, and YTS.am domains. While no injunction has yet been issued, YIFYMovies.is did suddenly disappear a few days ago. This may in part be due to the legal action and a related DMCA subpoena that was issued against Cloudflare, in an attempt to identify the site’s operator. Besides the two site operators, the complaint also names two individuals who’re accused of downloading and distributing copyrighted films, in part through YTS.am or a related site. These have all been dismissed after signing a consent judgment. The paperwork doesn’t indicate that a settlement was made, but the users in question do state that the deceptive and misleading language on the YTS and YIFY sites led them to believe that they were legal platforms. This will likely help the filmmakers’ claims against the site operators. YTS.am, the largest target in this lawsuit, remains online at the time of writing. A copy of the complaint as well as the exhibits is available here (pdf). VIEW: Original Article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Several movie companies are trying to shut down the largest torrent site on the Internet through the Hawaiian federal court. The filmmakers accuse the persons behind YTS.am and yifymovies.is of inducing massive copyright infringement. Two users of the sites were initially targeted as well, but these have resolved their cases. With millions of visitors, YTS.am is the most visited torrent site on the Internet, beating even the legendary Pirate Bay. The site ‘unofficially’ took over the YTS brand when the original group threw the towel in 2015. It is one of the many sites out there today that keep the YTS and the related YIFY brands alive and well. The popularity of these sites is a thorn in the side of filmmakers and a select group of them is now taking action through a complaint filed at a federal court in Hawaii. The companies behind the movies Singularity, Once Upon a Time in Venice, Mechanic: Resurrection, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, I Feel Pretty, Boyka: Undisputed and Hunter Killer, accuse the alleged operators of YIFYMovies.is and YTS.am of inducing and contributing to massive piracy. “Plaintiffs bring this action to stop the massive piracy of their motion pictures brought on by websites under the collective names YIFY and YTS and their users,” it reads. The case was filed last month but has thus far remained under the radar. The names of the alleged site operators are not known. They are referred to as Doe 1 and Doe 2 respectively. “Defendants DOE 1 and DOE 2 cause harm to Plaintiffs’ business within this District by diverting customers in this District to unauthorized Internet based content distribution services through, at least, the websites yifymovies.is and yts.ag .” Both sites operate differently. YTS.ag, which now uses the YTS.am domain name, is a torrent site and by far the most popular of the two. YIFYMovies.is, on the other hand, allows users to stream content directly on the site. The movie companies accuse both site operators of intentional inducement of copyright infringement as well as contributory copyright infringement. Among other things, they are believed to have helped many of the site’s users to download or stream movies without permission, while making money through advertisements. While there are no known connections that we’re aware of, the filmmakers allege that both sites “act in concert” as they use the same type of logo. These are derived from the original YTS and YIFY logos, although these are used by many other copycat sites as well. YTS.am Through the lawsuit the filmmakers demand damages, which can reach up to $150,000 per pirated film. In addition, the companies request an injunction to prevent third-party intermediaries such as hosting companies, domain registrars, and search engines, form facilitating access to the YIFYMovies.is, YTS.ag, and YTS.am domains. While no injunction has yet been issued, YIFYMovies.is did suddenly disappear a few days ago. This may in part be due to the legal action and a related DMCA subpoena that was issued against Cloudflare, in an attempt to identify the site’s operator. Besides the two site operators, the complaint also names two individuals who’re accused of downloading and distributing copyrighted films, in part through YTS.am or a related site. These have all been dismissed after signing a consent judgment. The paperwork doesn’t indicate that a settlement was made, but the users in question do state that the deceptive and misleading language on the YTS and YIFY sites led them to believe that they were legal platforms. This will likely help the filmmakers’ claims against the site operators. YTS.am, the largest target in this lawsuit, remains online at the time of writing. A copy of the complaint as well as the exhibits is available here (pdf).
steven36 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Whoever these guys are they hijacked the names YIFY and YTS there just a clone of the real YiFY who cut a deal in 2015 with the MPAA but most all releases they done still has seeds and are downloaded. MPAA: We Shut Down YTS/YIFY and Popcorn Time https://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-we-shut-down-ytsyify-and-popcorn-time-151103/ Found a New YTS / YIFY Site? It’s a FAKE https://torrentfreak.com/found-a-new-yts-yify-site-its-a-fake-151104/ Popular Torrent Sites Block YTS.ag and YIFY Impostors https://torrentfreak.com/yts-ag-wants-to-be-the-new-yify-on-popular-torrent-sites-151113/ After all the warning post TF posted back in 2015 about them in the beginning of 2019 they reported them as the most popular torrent site so now they have a bullseye on there back https://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-popular-torrent-sites-of-2019/ The only Torrent site that still around to ever make the number #1 spot on TF list is the TPB and they got shut down by Sweden and raided soon after, but resurrected themselves a while latter and they not been #1 since . After that KAT became #1 they got closed down by the FBI soon after . Then ET made #1 on that list then the Owner SAM throw in the towel soon after . I fell like he cut a deal with the MPAA too . But every site that was Number #1 that closed new sites with there members now exist . The real YIFY /YTS never made number #1 because many dislike these small rips because of the quality . The only reason YTS.ag /am made number one was were in the age of streaming as well as normal downloading because there releases take very little bandwidth . But YTS.ag /am never had the Fan Base the real YIFY did. Other sites Like RARBG re-encode just as much crap as YIFY did and YTS.ag /am still do . But the reason they don't know who the owners are of YTS.ag /am are they just appeared out of no were and was said they was affiliated with hijacking other sites names too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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