A YouTube channel operator uploaded videos explaining how to access the “Serod” website, which hosts links for illegal direct viewing of works, in which he instructed the public on how to circumvent the blocking orders issued by courts in Israel and the US regarding the website that was declared a copyright infringer.
The court accepted the claim for indirect copyright infringement. The law states that copyright infringement is, among other things, making a work available to the public without the permission of the copyright owner while taking an action that will make it easier for the public to access the infringed work with the intention of making a profit. Here, the publication of the explanatory videos actively helped website owners continue to violate blocking orders, while directly violating copyright and resulting in the amplification of the damages caused to the copyright owners with the intention of making a profit in the future.
