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Court Officially Orders U.S.-Based IPTV Operator to Pay Amazon & Netflix $18.75 Million
U.S. Court Slaps $18.75M Judgment on Pirate IPTV OperatorâAnd Seizes His Domains
A Dallas-based IPTV operator, William Freemon, is now on the hook for $18.75 million after a federal court granted a default judgment in favor of Amazon, Netflix, and major Hollywood studios.
Freemon ran four unauthorized streaming servicesâincluding Streaming TV Now, TV Nitro, and Cash App IPTVâoffering over 11,000 live channels and tens of thousands of pirated movies and TV shows. He represented himself in court (no lawyer, per court records), filed motions but never formally answered the complaint. When he failed to appear or defend, the studios asked forâand gotâa full default judgment.
The court awarded $150,000 per copyrighted work (the statutory max for willful infringement), based on 125 identified worksâincluding Oppenheimer. That brings the total to exactly $18.75 millionâand itâs growing: 3.51% annual interest is stacking up, and attorney fees are still pending.
But the real teeth? A permanent injunction forcing Freemon to stop infringement and hand over eight domain namesâlike `streamingtvnow.com` and `livetvresellers.com`âto the studios within five days. If domain registries donât comply, they could be ordered offline or seized.
In short: the studios just made it very clearâtheyâre ready for round two.