A federal judge in Pennsylvania ordered Brandon Weibley to pay $9 million in statutory damages on June 10, 2026, closing out the Weibley streaming piracy lawsuit brought by a coalition of major studios and Netflix. Judge Jennifer P. Wilson of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania entered the award as a default judgment, added $63,241 in attorneys’ fees, issued a permanent injunction, and ordered Weibley’s piracy-related domains transferred to the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment.1Justia. Amazon Content Services LLC v. Weibley, Order (Doc. 27)
Who Weibley Is and What He Ran
Weibley is a Pennsylvania resident who, according to ACE and the complaint, had been linked to digital piracy operations dating back to at least 2017.2The Desk. ACE Secures $9 Million Judgment Against Streaming Pirate Over the years he operated or was connected to a rotating set of illegal IPTV brands: Beast Mode Live, GreenWing Media, Viking Media, BTV, Von Wik, Shrugs, Zing, and Outer Limits.3Piracy Monitor. $9M Judgment to Long-Time Piracy Operator, Illegal Domains Transferred to ACE
At the time the case was filed, the active services were Shrugs and Zing, run through the domains vonwik.com and, previously, beastmodebuilds.com.4Piracy Monitor. ACE Files Separate Lawsuits Against Illegal Streamers in Pennsylvania, California The complaint alleged that his services gave paying subscribers unauthorized access to more than 9,000 television channels, including live sports and international programming.3Piracy Monitor. $9M Judgment to Long-Time Piracy Operator, Illegal Domains Transferred to ACE
How the Case Reached Default
The suit, Amazon Content Services LLC, et al. v. Brandon Weibley, et al., docket 1:25-cv-00388, was filed on March 4, 2025.4Piracy Monitor. ACE Files Separate Lawsuits Against Illegal Streamers in Pennsylvania, California The plaintiffs were Amazon Content Services, Columbia Pictures Industries, Disney Enterprises, Netflix US, Netflix Worldwide Entertainment, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Television, Universal City Studios Productions, Universal City Studios, and Warner Bros. Entertainment, coordinated through ACE.5Casemine. Amazon Content Services LLC v. Weibley
They sought statutory damages of up to $150,000 per infringed work for willful infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 504.4Piracy Monitor. ACE Files Separate Lawsuits Against Illegal Streamers in Pennsylvania, California Weibley never responded to the complaint and did not participate in the litigation at any stage.6Communications Daily. Court Awards Studios $9 Million in Streaming Piracy Suit After he was served but failed to appear, the plaintiffs moved for a default judgment, which Judge Wilson granted.1Justia. Amazon Content Services LLC v. Weibley, Order (Doc. 27)
What the Court Ordered
The judgment has four moving parts:
- $9 million in statutory damages for willful copyright infringement.
- $63,241 in attorneys’ fees.
- A permanent injunction barring Weibley from operating Shrugs, Zing, Beast Mode Live, BTV, Viking Media, and GreenWing Media.
- Transfer of his piracy-related domains to ACE.1Justia. Amazon Content Services LLC v. Weibley, Order (Doc. 27)
The copyrighted works underlying the damages were listed in an exhibit to the complaint that catalogued each title with its registration number and date. The publicly available order text does not spell out the specific number of works or the per-work calculation that produced the $9 million total.5Casemine. Amazon Content Services LLC v. Weibley Domain seizure is a standard enforcement tool in these cases because it stops an operator from relaunching the same service under the same web address.
Jesse Martin, the MPA’s Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Litigation and Legal Affairs, said in a statement, “We commend Judge Wilson’s ruling holding Weibley accountable for copyright infringement. Protecting the intellectual property rights of creators and content owners is essential and this decision reinforces that stealing copyrighted materials carries serious consequences.”2The Desk. ACE Secures $9 Million Judgment Against Streaming Pirate
What Remains Open
On June 15, 2026, a few days after judgment, the plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed their claims against defendants doing business as beastmodebuilds.com and vonwik.com without prejudice. All other defendants remained subject to the court’s judgment.3Piracy Monitor. $9M Judgment to Long-Time Piracy Operator, Illegal Domains Transferred to ACE Claims against ten unidentified “John Does” also remained pending, with the court requiring the plaintiffs to file a status report on those claims.1Justia. Amazon Content Services LLC v. Weibley, Order (Doc. 27)
How This Fits ACE’s Enforcement Pattern
The Weibley judgment is one of several large default awards ACE has secured against illegal IPTV operators. In March 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas awarded $18.75 million in statutory damages against William Freemon, who operated Streaming TV Now, Instant IPTV, TV Nitro, and a reseller program called Live TV Resellers.7Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. ACE Secures $18.75 Million Judgment Against Streaming TV Now Operator In March 2023, studios and Netflix obtained a $30 million judgment against Dwayne Johnson, whose services AllAccessTV and Quality Restreams generated roughly $3 million in annual subscription revenue.8Yahoo Entertainment. Disney, Major Studios $30M Illegal Streaming
Default judgments are common in these cases because many operators, like Weibley, simply ignore the litigation. Whether ACE and the studios will actually collect $9 million from an individual who chose not to defend himself is a separate question; publicly available reporting does not indicate whether any portion of the damages has been paid.