Judge Awards Private Media $500,000

Private Media Group received a green light on Feb. 1, 2012 from a federal judge to collect $500,000 from the operators of XonDemand.com.

XonDemand.com had earlier been found liable for infringing on 30 of Private's movies, with Private seeking up to $4.5 million in damages.

But U.S. Judge John Kronstadt said that after reviewing supplemental materials, Private still hadn't provided enough evidence to support the $4.5 million demand.

Private counsel recently supplied licensing agreements, including an explanation of their terms — a 50 percent revenue-share deal — to the court in their request for the multimillion-dollar award.

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This doesn't surprise me. They have screwed everyone out of earnings, they've had over 20 (that I know of) suits against them from small claims all the way up to Copyright Infringement for utilizing content without the owners consent.