After a nearly four-year court battle, Japanese adult entertainment producer Will Co. has been awarded $4.5 million in damages and ownership of domains formerly belonging to the operator of now-shuttered MissAV.com and other high-traffic pirate sites.
A Washington District Court has ordered the owner and operator of DaftSex.com to surrender his domains and pay $32 million in damages to MindGeek over copyright violations related to content owned by the Montreal-headquartered adult conglomerate.