Chinese Court Jails Aiyifan Operator, U.S. Judge Wont Transfer Pirate Sites Domains
News Source : Torrentfreak.com
News Summary
- iQIYI sues Aiyifan, a pirate streaming service for Chinese speakers outside China.
- In Florida, a judge awarded $1,000 per registered work, doubled for willfulness, for a total of $1.8 million.
- In China, one of the site’s operators has been sentenced to prison recently.
- The Chinese police detained Wang Jianyang in March 2024, which was more than a year before iQIyI filed its lawsuit in Florida.
Last month, Chinese streaming giant Tencent won the first round of its legal battle against the pirate site Olevod, when a Florida judge ruled that the case can proceed in the United States.
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