In June, 2014, I exposed the list of adult film companies that were working with CEG-TEK. This upset a lot of adult film companies, who turned around and started having CEG-TEK send letters using a variation on their name (which made no sense to me *IF* the reason they were having CEG-TEK send out DMCA notices was to “encourage ‘pirates’ to sign into their websites legitimately and pay an annual fee”). Instead, like roaches, these companies scattered, but even so, I still tracked the name changes and I kept this list up to date.
The reason this list is immediately relevant is because now Carl Crowell is sending out these same DMCA notices to Internet Subscribers through his RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT company. For more about Crowell or his RIGHTSENFORCEMENT.COM website, click this link.
Below is a list I compiled from my own records as to which copyright holders are hiring companies to collect $300 per title settlements on their adult film copyrights. The exciting news from 2017 is that I now have an idea of what are the companies which are now working aggressively with Carl Crowell (RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT), including some which were not working with CEG-TEK. I will list the most active companies first.
REALITY KINGS (Manwin Content)
Reality Kings (http://www.realitykings.com). Reality Kings has obscured their name in the past after I posted the original list in 2014. They have been known to send out DMCA letters using the names 1) Manwin Content RK Limited DBA Reality Kings, and 2) MG Content RK Limited. Regardless of the name, it is still Reality Kings.
Reality Kings is a giant corporation, comprising 45+ separated brand names, each of which have their own website.
For a list of some of Reality Kings’ titles that I know they have enforced via the DMCA letters, see my original list in the “ORIGINAL LIST OF ADULT FILM COMPANIES SENDING DMCA NOTICES” heading.
BRAZZERS (MG Premium Ltd.)
Brazzers (http://www.brazzers.com). Brazzers also has obscured their name in the past after I posted the original list in 2014. They have been known to send out DMCA letters using the names 1) Froytal Services Limited DBA Brazzers, and confusingly enough, 2) MG Premium Ltd. The interesting point to note is that this MG Premium entity seems to be a common thread through a number of the big-name adult film companies, which suggests that there is a common owner or entity through which they tunnel their copyright enforcement activities. At this moment, I am not searching deeper into learning who they are.
Brazzers is another a giant corporation, comprising 47+ separated brand names, each of which have their own website.
For a list of some of Brazzers titles that I know they have enforced via the DMCA letters, see my original list in the “ORIGINAL LIST OF COMPANIES SENDING DMCA NOTICES” heading.
DIGITAL PLAYGROUND (Manwin DP)
Digital Playground (http://www.digitalplayground.com). Digital Playground is the third company that obscured their name as soon as I posted the original list in 2014. They have been known to send out DMCA letters using the names 1) Digital Playground, and more frequently, 2) Manwin DP Corp. DBA Digital Playground.
Digital Playground is another a giant corporation, comprising 47+ separated brand names, each of which have their own website. However, unlike Reality Kings and Brazzers, Digital Playground has taken steps to mask the list of brand names by hiding them behind an “A(1), B(5), C(0)…” list. Thus, I am sharing the full list below:
For a list of some of Digital Playground titles that I know they have enforced via the DMCA letters, see my original list in the “ORIGINAL LIST OF ADULT FILM COMPANIES SENDING DMCA NOTICES” heading, below.
ORIGINAL LIST OF ADULT FILM COMPANIES SENDING DMCA NOTICES
Axel Braun Productions
Celestial Inc., DBA Lethal Hardcore
Cinderella Distributors Inc.
Coast to Coast Video
Combat Zone Inc.
Daring Media Group
Diabolic
Digital Sin, Inc.
Echo Alpha, Inc. DBA Evil Angel
Fallout Films
Froytal Services Limited DBA Babes (now known as “MG Premium Ltd.”)
Froytal Services Limited DBA Brazzers (now known as “MG Premium Ltd.”)
Froytal Services Limited DBA Mofos (now known as “MG Premium Ltd.”)
Froytal Services Limited DBA Twistys (now known as “MG Premium Ltd.”)
GGW Direct, LLC
Giant Media Group, Inc. DBA Devil’s Film (they have changed this name more than once, but have kept the “Devil’s Film” trade name.)
Girlfriends Films Inc.
Intense Industries
JM Productions Inc.
JW Releasing Ltd
Kick Ass Pictures Inc.
LFP Internet Group, LLC
Manwin Content RK Limited DBA Reality Kings (now known as “MG Content RK Limited”)
Manwin DP Corp. DBA Digital Playground
Marc Dorcel
Marc Dorcel DBA SBO Pictures, Inc.
SBO Pictures
SBO Pictures DBA Wicked Pictures
Metro Media Entertainment
Millennium TGA, DBA Grooby Productions
New Sensations Inc.
Patrick Collins Inc., DBA Elegant Angel
Pleasure Productions Inc.
RLD Distribution LLC
Second Phase Distribution Inc.
Third Degree Films, Inc.
Vivid Entertainment LLC
White Ghetto Films Inc.
Zero Tolerance Entertainment
Now obviously you will notice a common theme along each of these copyright holders, and that is the “genre” of content they all produce. You will also notice that in this list there are “copyright trolls,” (meaning, companies who in the past have used or use the federal courts to sue individual downloaders for copyright infringement) and there are “not” copyright trolls (meaning, companies who have NOT sued defendants for copyright infringement). You can see which are copyright trolls by either searching the web for their name, or doing a search on PACER or JUSTIA to see whether they have sued in federal court.
A few things to note.
1) Many of the larger companies have multiple websites, and do business as multiple entities. For example, Froytal Services Ltd. “does business as” (“DBA”) Mofos and Brazzers (corresponding to their other websites).
2) Many copyright holders are OLDER COMPANIES and FAMILY OPERATED BUSINESSES. This means that it is common to have former adult film companies hire CEG TEK to track and send letters for “vintage” films from the 1970’s and 1980’s. The copyrights for these films ARE STILL IN EFFECT, and the former owners of those companies are now elder individuals who are now enforcing their copyrights from FORTY YEARS AGO. On the flip side, many older couples have been caught downloading a film from their youth thinking that since the titles were so old, it was probably legal to do so.
In sum, all I ask of everyone is to understand that the bittorrent networks are no longer safe, and when you download something, assume someone else is watching you. And, be aware that there are companies out there like RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT who are lurking in the bittorrent swarms waiting for you to click on a link so that they can send you a settlement demand letter.
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