Aylo Asks Federal Judge for Default Judgment Against Piracy Site

LOS ANGELES—Counsel representing an Aylo subsidiary, MG Premium Limited (now Aylo Premium Limited), has asked a California federal district court to force a content piracy operation into a default judgment and penalty, according to court filings seen by AVN. The tube site Goodporn.to is accused of copyright infringement. After a lengthy and considerably strange battle in court, Aylo has asked default judgments for more than $21 million and for the entire site to be blocked from its hosting companies, search engines, and intermediaries. As of this writing, Goodporn is still live and features full-length scenes from Aylo's premium brands like Brazzers. Defendant Amrit Kumar, the supposed operator of the pirate website, has "continued to reap profit from this scheme" throughout the two years of the case, says the plaintiff counsel for Aylo's premium content division. “Operating covertly behind proxy internet protocol addresses, anonymous email servers, and fake physical addresses, Kumar adopted the guise of a pro per litigant while engaging ghostwriters, dodging depositions, eschewing telephone or video communication with counsel, and submitting falsified evidence of copyright ownership.” Reporting by Torrent Freak indicates that counsel for Aylo Premium Limited filed a proposed order issuing the default judgment. Counsel for Kumar and the defendants have submitted a motion to set aside the motion for default judgment, claiming that he is not able to make it to the United States due to visa restrictions and a limited understanding of the U.S. common law system.