Expend4bles: 3,000 Canadians Targeted in Federal Court Piracy SweepAndy Maxwell, 27 May 08:49 AM According to The Numbers, the most financially succ
 | According to The Numbers, the most financially successful movie franchise of all time is the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Generating almost $30 billion at the worldwide box office, its closest rival is Star Wars, with just $10.3 billion. In 198th place with a still-respectable $840 million is The Expendables franchise. While not at the top of the heap here, none of the competition would have a chance of beating this series if legal action against members of the public was a competition. Record Breakers Early 2011 after pulling in $274 million at the worldwide box office, the company behind the first movie targeted 6,500 suspected pirates via a complaint filed at a district court in Columbia. That case quickly expanded to over 23,300 potential defendants in a list that ran to 371 pages; that made it the largest case of its type in legal history. While that case was dismissed due to almost none of the potential defendants actually residing in the district where they were sued, every mo...Read More | Three years ago, Bungie filed a complaint at a federal court in Seattle, accusing Destiny 2 cheat seller AimJunkies.com of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things. The same accusations were also made against Phoenix Digital Group, the operating company behind the website, and third-party developer James May. AimJunkies denied the claims and argued that cheating isn't against the law. In addition, it refuted the copyright infringement allegations; these lacked substance because some of the referenced copyrights were registered well after the cheats were first made available, AimJunkies said. Landmark Trial in Seattle, Washington After years of legal twists and turns, the case went to trial this week, where both sides presented their arguments. AimJunkies, among other things, stressed that the defendants never touched any of Destiny 2's copyrighted game code. In addition to deciding over the copyright infringement claims, the jury also had to rule on a counterclaim ...Read More |
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