\npopular British tabloid\u00a0Daily Mail<\/a>\u00a0is guilty of the latter. The lawsuit was filed by\u00a0Rumble<\/a>, a company that manages the rights of hundreds of thousands of viral videos.<\/p>\n
Rumble informs the court that it\u2019s representing small creators who often don\u2019t have the means to put up a fight against companies that \u2018steal\u2019 their content.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy themselves, these individual content creators cannot effectively police and enforce their copyrights against those infringers who use their videos without approval, authorization or paying anything,\u201d Rumble writes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese serial infringers can and do make very large sums of money using these copyright-protected videos without ever paying one penny to the content-creator,\u201d the company adds.<\/p>\n
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<\/center>Initially, Rumble and the Daily Mail had a license agreement to use the videos on their website. However, according to the complaint, the British tabloid continued to publish them after the license expired.<\/p>\nWhen the infringing usage continued, Rumble retained legal counsel to solve the matter, but that didn\u2019t help either. This eventually culminated in legal action.<\/p>\n
\u201cRumble asserts that the infringement here is of the most bold and bald-faced kind, exhibiting an utter disrespect for the copyrights of others,\u201d the complaint reads.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat [the infringment] is \u2018willful\u2019 in the factual and legal sense of the word is beyond dispute, such that the ultimate damages to be awarded will be reasonably and justifiably enhanced, including an award of Rumble\u2019s attorneys fees as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rumble expects that Daily Mail will claim that they were not aware of the infringing activities so cautions the court not to fall for these type of excuses. The video platform stresses that turning a blind eye to the copyrights of others is part of the tabloid\u2019s playbook, and plans to prove this at trial.<\/p>\n
With dozens of videos listed in the legal paperwork, the potential piracy damages requested by the company are around $10,000,000. In addition, Rumble asks for an injunction to stop the infringing activity as soon as possible.<\/p>\n
While Rumble prides itself for sticking up for the small guy, as the main rightsholder it has a direct financial interest in the case, of course.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs per our standard agreement with creators, Rumble will share 60% of Net Earnings awarded from any legal action associated with those creators\u2019 video represented by Rumble,\u201d a company spokesperson informed TorrentFreak.<\/p>\n
A copy of the complaint is available here (pdf<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n Source: \u00a0![\"TorrentFreak\"](\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/torrentfreak.png\")
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