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AICO Members Take Further Adult DVD Piracy Action In their third copyright action this year, AICO members have commenced proceedings against several alleged DVD pirates.

An application has been lodged with the Federal Court, Sydney, alleging infringement of copyright of several AICO members' films. Those applications are against:

Prestige Club Australasia Pty Ltd (PCA). They operate a DVD mail order catalogue and DVD website.

Top End Media Pty Ltd (TEM). They operate a DVD mail order catalogue.

Kaosshop Pty Ltd (Kaos). They operate adult stores in Darlinghurst and Penrith NSW and in
Queensland.

Elias Armenis, Theo Armenis and Jordan Kiriakidis.nSome of the worlds’ leading adult studios are the applicants to this case. They are: Titan, Vivid, Digital Playground, New Sensations, Digital Sin, Zero Tolerance, Third Degree, Red Light District, Falcon, Acid Rain, Colossal and their Australian exclusive licensees Calvista Australia, Gallery Entertainment and Greenwich Technologies.

AICO Executive Officer, Graeme Dunne, said, “This latest action continues our members’ actions
against what we believe are instances of serious adult film piracy in Australia. Film pirates and those who sell pirated films should clearly understand that copyright protection by AICO and its members is ongoing. If you pirate our members’ films you run the risk of being pursued in the Courts.”

The action seeks both interlocutory and final injunctions, delivery up of counterfeit product, damages and additional damages for the infringement of copyright in AICO studio members’ films.
The matter!will be before the Court for the first time!on 9 November 2006 where it is anticipated that the Court will set a timetable for the pre-trial steps.

In earlier proceedings in 2005 in the Federal Magistrates Court, Sydney, Kaos and Theo Armenis
conceded that they had infringed the copyright of certain Wicked Pictures’ films. Damages and costs were awarded against Kaos and Theo Armenis in that matter.

For further information contact Graeme Dunne at AICO on:
(ph) 02 9328 5527 (mob) 0413 222 142 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it