WWE filed a lawsuit against a number of unknown bit torrent users on Thursday 4/9 in the United States District Court of Connecticut, according to a report on the World Intellectual Property Review website.
In the lawsuit, WWE alleges that the users infringed its copyright to “unlawfully acquire, reproduce, and distribute” the WWE Studios film “Eliminators”, which features former WWE talent Stu "Bad News Barrett" Bennett.
WWE, which is stating it has the IP addresses of users who have downloaded the film and those who have made the film available for others. has asked for actual damages, statutory damages of $150,000 per infringement, costs and jury trial.
To read the WIPR report, click here.
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