By | Published on Monday 25 July 2022
A US court has issued an interim or temporary injunction requiring Alipay and PayPal to freeze VeePN’s VPN assets. This is a charge filed by various filmmakers against VeePN.
Private networks are becoming more prominent in movie and music companies’ efforts to combat online piracy.
This is partly because ISPs can use VPNs to bypass internet barriers. When ISPs are forced to restrict access to copyright-infringing sites by copyright holders, VPNs can allow ISPs’ customers to bypass the barriers.
In the movie industry, VPNs are also annoying because they allow you to bypass the geo-blocking that is still common when it comes to movies and TV shows. Some VPNs advertise their services by advising users that they can access content that is not available in their country.
Film companies sued VeePN. They claim that VeePN is more active in promoting piracy and marketing its services to those who want to join piracy channels.
The lawsuit states: “[Some] VPN providers advertise that they delete their end-users’ login information so that their identities are not disclosed to copyright holders or law enforcement. and use VPN services to make a piracy movie, they also openly brag about piracy and other illegal activities like theft and hacking.
Insisting that VeePN is one of these shady VPN providers, the suit added, following a previous lawsuit by the filmmakers, they forced a company called VPN.HT to stop advertising itself as a private network. using the movie piracy platform Popcorn Time, “VeePN has started advertising itself as “Popcorn Time VPN” and is operating under such an elaborate scheme to profit from the big pirates who are afraid of detection”.
Not only does “VeePN take it a step further, it even advertises its VPN service on the popular piracy website YTS as a valuable tool to download pirated copies of movies without fear of legal fines!” “
These marketing networks, selling VPN services openly to hide piracy and piracy, convinced Anthony Trenga in the United States to issue an order ordering Alipay and PayPal to freeze the funds they processed for VeePN.
Torrentfreak claims that the injunction was granted ex parte, that is, without the protection being delegated due to the concerns expressed by the plaintiffs that VeePN could seek to move any funds using Alipay and PayPal if notified. court order.