November 11, 2011 | The Biz

The Rip King is dead

Site Rip King, a website that made money by copying the content of dozens of gay pay sites and then selling it all for cheap to its own subscribers, has been shut down.

Using information gathered through Porn Guardian, Corbin Fisher's legal team found that the site offered a complete, unauthorized duplicate of the Corbin Fisher website. Other sites were also being offered, including Chaos Men, Next Door Buddies and Sean Cody.

"We have zero tolerance for piracy of any kind,” said Corbin Fisher COO, Brian Dunlap. “Obviously, something this big was piracy on a huge scale and we had to do something about it."

The owner of Site Rip King had registered the website using fake information, a common tactic for those involved in illegal activity. A lawsuit was filed, and Corbin Fisher's General Counsel, Marc J. Randazza, convinced the judge to compel Site Rip Kings's web host to provide the pirate's identity.

Once the order was given, Site Rip King immediately shut itself down.

"This is how you expose someone who thinks that the Internet provides anonymity," said Randazza. "This case has had a great result so far, but you can't get there without great evidence. Porn Guardian gave us what we needed."

"The entire industry owes its thanks to Corbin Fisher for leading the charge against Site Rip King and his particularly insidious practice of stripping and publishing entire libraries of content and charging HIS members to view the work he stole from others," said Peter Phinney from Porn Guardian.

"I'm thrilled to hear this evening that Site Rip King is no longer bleeding the adult community," said Bryan Ockert of Chaos Men. "And thank you Porn Guardian for showing content owners that working together against the scourge of digital piracy we can take back control of our content!"

Corbin Fisher Dethrones Site Rip King [AVN]