BitTorrent Users Severed, Dismissed In ‘Mechanic: Resurrection’ Copyright Suit

(November 13, 2017, 10:24 AM EST) -- LAS VEGAS — Adopting a magistrate’s recommendation, a California federal judge on Nov. 7 severed all but one defendant accused of infringing a movie’s copyright via online file sharing, with the judge deeming the defendants improperly joined (ME2 Productions Inc. v. Mikiyas Bayu, et al., No. 2:17-cv-00724, D. Nev., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 184021)....