{"id":66164,"date":"2022-08-02T09:01:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T09:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=66164"},"modified":"2022-08-02T09:01:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T09:01:13","slug":"veepn-agrees-to-block-torrent-traffic-and-pirate-sites-on-u-s-servers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=66164","title":{"rendered":"VeePN Agrees to Block Torrent Traffic and Pirate Sites on U.S. Servers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"veepn\"Over the past year, a group of independent movie companies filed a series of lawsuits against VPN providers<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The makers of films such as \u201cI Feel Pretty,\u201d \u201cOnce Upon a Time in Venice\u201d and \u201cDallas Buyers Club\u201d accuse these services of turning a blind eye to piracy or actively promoting it. <\/p>\n

Filmmakers Sue VeePN<\/h2>\n

VeePN<\/a> has become the latest target in this legal effort. Last month, several companies accused the Ukrainian-owned VPN service of actively promoting piracy. The company was accused of advertising on torrent sites such as YTS and billing itself as a \u201cPorcorn Time VPN.\u201d<\/p>\n

Within a few weeks, the filmmakers already obtained a restraining order that effectively froze the VPN provider\u2019s funds at PayPal and Alipay<\/a>. This far-reaching measure appears to have paid off as both parties have just informed the Virginia federal court that a settlement has been reached. <\/p>\n

In a court filing last Friday, the plaintiffs write that the restraining order can be lifted and the case dismissed. While the settlement terms will remain private, a few details have been shared in public. <\/p>\n

Settlement With Blocking Requirements<\/h2>\n

As in previous lawsuits against VPN.ht<\/a> and VPN Unlimited<\/a>, VeePN agreed to block BitTorrent traffic and several pirate sites. These measures only apply to the servers that are located in the United States. <\/p>\n

\u201cDefendant VeePN Corp. has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to block BitTorrent traffic on its servers in the United States [\u2026] and to use commercially reasonable efforts to block access from servers in the United States under Defendant\u2019s control to the certain notorious piracy websites located outside of the United States.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"dismiss<\/center><\/p>\n

The legal paperwork doesn\u2019t mention which pirate sites will be blocked. However, in previous cases, YTS, The Pirate Bay, RARBG, 1337x, and several proxies were among the targets. <\/p>\n

In addition to the filmmakers, the settlement also includes the Hawaiian company \u201942 Ventures\u2019 as a beneficiary. This company is owned by anti-piracy lawyer Kerry Culpepper and is the registrant of several piracy-related trademarks, including YTS, Popcorn Time, and RARBG. These trademarks were used by VeePN without permission. <\/p>\n

No Logging!<\/h2>\n

The settlement and associated measures are confirmed by Andrii Rozum, who is the sole shareholder of VeePN. The Ukrainian owner of the company further adds that the VPN service is not required to log any IP addresses as part of the deal. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe confidential settlement agreement does not obligate VeePN to implement any kind of measures in order to store log records of the IP addresses tied to servers in the United States under VeePN\u2019s control and retain said log records,\u201d Rozum notes. <\/p>\n

This \u2018no logging\u2019 clarification will be important for the VPN\u2019s users, particularly because the filmmakers specifically raised concerns over the absence of logs in their original complaint<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In another lawsuit that was resolved last year, VPN.ht did agree to log IP-address information on its US servers. However, that company also stated that it would stop using US-based servers<\/a> altogether.<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n

A copy of the rightsholders\u2019 notice to dismiss the claims against VeePN is available here (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n

From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\n

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