PHILADELPHIA — A movie production company is suing five unnamed individuals, alleging copyright infringement.
Criminal Productions Inc. filed a complaint Feb. 15 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against John Does 1-5, alleging they made unauthorized copies of the plaintiff's motion picture Criminal.
According to the complaint, Criminal Productions sustained monetary damages from having its motion picture distributed without its consent. The plaintiff alleges the defendants illegally used BitTorrent software to share the plaintiff's motion picture.
Criminal Productions seeks trial by jury, to enjoin the defendants, statutory damages, court costs and all other relief the court grants. It is represented by attorneys Charles Thomas and Lee M. Herman of Creative Rights Law Group PLLC in Media.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Case number 2:17-cv-00706-PD