PHOENIX — Gay porn company Corbin Fisher has been given the green light by a federal judge to collect on a $990,000 default judgment against the operator of tube site ViniGay.com, once billed as “No. 1 in Brazil for gay porn videos.”
The suit was filed last February in the US District Court in Phoenix.
According to a report on www.xbiz.com U.S. Magistrate Judge Lawrence Anderson addressed a number of argumentative issues in the copyright infringement case, including personal jurisdiction and extraterritorial copyright infringement immunity.
Defendants Brazil resident Gustavo Paladeski and his company, were sued after Corbin Fisher found three copies of its movies shared on ViniGay.com — “Cory Fucks Lucas,” “Cory Fucks Dawson” and “Cain Fucks Travis.” Paladeski never responded to Corbin Fisher’s claims.
Anderson said that the court had jurisdiction in the case. Paladeski had signed up Wild West Domain as ViniGay’s domain name registrar, consenting to terms in the contract that linked personal jurisdiction to Maricopa County in Arizona, where the case was filed.
The judge, however, dismissed claims against the company ViniGay.com and another defendant, ruling that the court did not have jurisdiction over them.
Anderson, in his ruling, granted the award and a permanent injunction against Paladeski from infringing on Corbin Fisher’s works, plus attorneys fees of $16,000. He also ordered an impoundment of all infringing works in Paladeski’s possession.
Attorney Marc Randazza represented Corbin Fisher.
Randazza collecting on the $990,000 award against a Brazilian living abroad could be difficult. “It is clearly going to be a challenge,” he said.