The MPAA, meanwhile, is ready to declare the outcome as a clear victory. The status of the lawsuits in Canada and New Zealand is currently unclear, but sources told us last week that several of the accused are working on an agreement to minimize their harm, possibly in exchange for information. YTS went dark two weeks ago as a result of the legal trouble and is not coming back. The movie industry representatives had a warrant and threatened a multi-million dollar lawsuit, urging the operator to cooperate. Around the same time, movie industry representatives targeted the operator of YTS/YIFY who’s a New Zealand resident. The legal action in Canada was not an isolated incident, however. The complaint accuses the developers of various copyright infringing acts and also lists the VPN provider VPN.ht, which was operated by two of the Popcorn Time developers. The MPAA obtained an injunction on October 16 ordering the shutdown of the Popcorntime.io site. The major movie studios have sued three Popcorn Time developers in Canada, the group announced in an official statement. Part of the trouble was started by rumors of legal pressure, which the MPAA confirmed today. The main Popcorn Time fork operating from the PopcornTime.io domain name closed its doors on October 23, citing internal issues. The BitTorrent piracy ecosystem lost several key players in recent weeks.
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