Yes, link.Īs part of the investigation, I have communicated with representatives The complaint barely even shows how Vaulin could be liable for the infringement conducted via Kickass Torrents.īut, of course, that doesn’t matter because the guy at Homeland Security Investigations (formerly: ICE: Immigrations & Customs Enforcement) just spoke to the MPAA and the MPAA said that Kickass Torrents had no permission to link to their content. But that’s not actually how criminal copyright infringement works. Even though Kickass Torrents does not host the actual infringing files at all, the complaint argues that Vaulin is still legally responsible for others doing so. As with the original Kim Dotcom/Megaupload indictment, the full criminal complaint against Vaulin is worth reading.Īs with the case against Dotcom/Megaupload, the DOJ seems to ignore the fact that there is no such thing as secondary liability in criminal infringement. The site has also been seized and the owner, Artem Vaulin, has been arrested in Poland. So just as the US government itself is accused of being engaged in massive copyright infringement itself, the Justice Department proudly announces that it has charged the owner of Kickass Torrents with criminal copyright infringement claims. Thu, Jul 21st 2016 08:28am - Mike Masnick
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