On April 17, Jake Paul finished off former MMA champion Ben Askren (a boxing rookie) to bring his professional record to 3-0. That fight happened at Triller Fight Club, the same promotion that handled his previous fight; a destruction of former NBA player Nate Robinson.
Paul will now face former UFC champion Tyron Woodley on August 29. That fight will happen with Showtime Sports, a promotion that has signed Paul to a multi-fight contract.
Paul and Triller's working relationship may be over, but the upstart video streaming platform is still trying to maximize its earnings on its previous Paul contests.
Since the Paul-Askren fight, Triller has started a series of lawsuits against people they accuse of hacking into the fight. At first they tried to sue YouTube and other large streaming sites to enable piracy. That lawsuit sought damages of $ 100 million. However, it was discarded. Since then, Triller has been aimed at people who say they illegally broadcast and distributed the fight.
That didn't go well for Triller, either.
Torrent freak reports that one of the latest lawsuits against Triller's piracy has been dismissed by a court. That lawsuit was directed at 19-year-old Brandon Williams, who owns a YouTube channel called ItsLilBrandon.
Triller alleged that Williams illegally broadcast the fight between Paul and Askren on his YouTube channel and asked users to send him payments using the Cash app. Triller further alleged that Williams was operating a number of torrenting and streaming websites and that the ItsLilBrandon channel was a kind of shell to avoid Triller's liability.
Triller claimed that these allegations amounted to copyright infringement, indirect copyright infringement, violations of the Federal Communications Act, conversion, and violation of the Computer Fraud Abuse Act.
Williams received a subpoena on June 7. On July 1, in court in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Triller requested a default judgment against Williams citing that the defendant did not respond to his complaint within 21 days of notification.
After Triller was told to file a motion for the default judgment they were seeking, United States District Judge Fernando M. Olguin told Triller that his motion should include details of any evidence that exists. with respect to your claims against Williams. Triller's initial complaint did not include any evidence regarding claims about Williams operating torrent and streaming sites beyond his YouTube channel.
Judge Olguin warned that if evidence is not disclosed, the case would be dismissed. The judge also told Triller that his motion must be filed no later than July 20.
Triller did not file a motion by that date. Judge Olguin responded to this by dismissing the case against Williams.
"Plaintiff's failure to file default judgment hinders the court's ability to move this case to disposition and indicates that plaintiff does not intend to litigate this action," Judge Olguin wrote. โTherefore, having considered the Argue factors, the court is convinced that the present action should be dismissed for failure to comply with a court order and lack of prosecution โ.
The case was dismissed without prejudice. This means that Triller can file a new complaint against Williams. But nevertheless, Torrent freak believes that, given the court's requirements for a case to move forward, it is unlikely that Triller will continue to pursue Williams.
