📰 New article from TorrentFreak
Court Awards Aylo $4.2 Million, Not $84 Million, in Pornhits Piracy Case
https://torrentfreak.com/court-awards-aylo-4-2-million-not-84-million-in-pornhits-piracy-case/
### The $80 Million Reality Check
If you ever thought winning a lawsuit was as simple as asking for a mountain of cash and receiving it, the recent battle between Aylo (the powerhouse behind Pornhub) and the pirate site Pornhits might change your mind.
Aylo recently went to court seeking a staggering $84 million in damages, alleging that the operator of Pornhits bypassed DMCA notices to host thousands of their copyrighted videos. They even tried to justify the massive price tag by using web traffic data to “guess” how much revenue they lost.
However, Judge Benjamin Settle wasn’t buying the math. While he did grant a default judgment against the site, he slashed the payout from $84 million down to a much more modest—though still significant—$4.2 million.
The judge’s reasoning was blunt: you can’t just use “mere guesswork” to claim massive losses. Without concrete evidence of lost profits or actual impact on their bottom line, the court opted for the statutory minimum.
The takeaway? While the defendant is unlikely to actually pay up, Aylo got something better than cash: a permanent injunction and control over the Pornhits domain. It’s a win for copyright, even if it wasn’t the jackpot they were hoping for.