Aylo Wins $90 Million Default Judgment Against Porn Piracy Network

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Aylo Wins $90 Million Default Judgment Against Porn Piracy Network

https://torrentfreak.com/aylo-wins-90-million-default-judgment-against-porn-piracy-network/

Aylo just scored a $90 million win—against a ghost.

The parent company of Pornhub, Brazzers, and MOFOS sued an elusive pirate operator named Anton Popravkin for running eight adult sites that streamed over 9,000 of its copyrighted videos. Popravkin? Never showed up in court. So Aylo got a default judgment—a legal win by default, like winning a race because everyone else quit.

The math was wild: Aylo initially asked for $150 million ($15K per video). The judge said, “Nice try,” and cut it to $90 million—still enough to make pirates sweat. But here’s the twist: Aylo knows they’ll never collect a dime. Popravkin’s probably sipping cocktails somewhere with no U.S. assets.

So why bother? Domains. The real win: the court ordered eight pirate domains—FreshPorno, Kojka, you name it—to be handed over to Aylo. Verisign’s already been told: transfer control. In a few days, those sites will go dark… or worse, become Aylo-branded PSA portals. (“Hey, why pirate when you can subscribe?”)

It’s less about the money and more about sending a message: We own the content. You don’t get to steal it—and we’ll take your URL too.

Bottom line: The lawsuit was a legal stunt. The domain seizure? That’s the knockout punch.