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U.S. court blocks 44 sites allegedly pirating ABS-CBN shows

/ 03:04 AM September 03, 2015

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SAN FRANCISCOA U.S. Federal District Court issued a preliminary injunction against 44 sites accused of illegally distributing ABS-CBN TV shows and movies.

The most recent lawsuit, ABS-CBN et al. v. Hapitvnow.info, et al., was filed on August 10 and seeks over $20 million in damages.

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This new lawsuit follows the recent criminal arrests of Nico Angelo Rempillo of Naga City, and Jim Marcelino of Roxas City, and Mark Marlon Millendez of Davao City, who allegedly operated sites that pirated ABS-CBN’s TV shows and movies.

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Civil lawsuits have been filed for copyright and trademark infringement against these three defendants, for over $10 million in damages.

Millendez’s websites, pinoymovie2k.tv and movie128.com, have already been taken down and replaced with the pleadings for the lawsuit against him.

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Rempillo’s website, ireplaymo.com, and Marcelino’s websites, pnoytv-online.com, pinoytvpost.com, teleseryepinoy.com, and teleserye-pinoy.com, have been ordered disabled and are in the process of being transferred.

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The following sites, which were offering ABS-CBN TV shows and movies without permission, have been ordered by the court to be disabled and have either already been disabled or are in the process of being blocked today or tomorrow.  These sites had combined traffic of over 3.4 million views:

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abscbnlobotv.info
freepinoychannel.com
hapitvnow.com
hapitvnow.info
ikontvstreams.com
ireplaymo.com
lambingan.se
lambingan.to
movie128.com
movie2kph.com
onepinoychannel.com
phstream.com
ph-tvserye.com
pinay-tambayan.com
pinay-tambayan.net
pinoyhdreplay.net
pinoymovie.to
pinoymovie2k.tv
pinoynetwork.to
pinoynetwork.tv
pinoyportaldaily.com
pinoyreplay.tv
pinoyreplaytv.org
pinoyshow.biz
pinoytambayan-replay.com
pinoytvpost.com
pinoytvreplayhd.com
pnoytambayantv.com
pnoytambayantv.net
pnoytelebyuwers.biz
pnoytv-online.com
pusongpinoytv.com
streampinoy.info
tambayanatin.com
tambaytayo.com
telebyuwerspinoy.info
teleph.info
teleseryepinoy.com
teleserye-pinoy.com
tvnijuan.net
wowpinoy-tambayan.info
wow-pinoytambayan.info
wowpinoytambayan.net
wowpinoytambayan.org

ABS-CBN’s AVP for Global Anti-Piracy & Content Security, Elisha Lawrence, warned:

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“These sites pose a major risk to our viewers because by clicking on these sites, the malware can allow hackers to invade their phones, laptops and tablets and steal private information including their bank account numbers, private emails as well as to have access to other confidential information. Warn your friends and family to stay away from pirate sites. Don’t pay a high price for free! If you find any additional pirate sites, youtube or google blogspot links offering or distributing ABS-CBN TV shows and movies, please email us the information at [email protected].”

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