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In CoComelon copyright row, Japanese shell company added as a judgment debtor

By Melissa Ritti ( February 12, 2025, 16:37 GMT | Insight) -- Efforts by Moonbug Entertainment to collect its now $17.9 million copyright infringement award continue. A US judge, who last fall ordered payments to China's BabyBus (Fujian) Network Technology from streaming services like YouTube and Spotify to be diverted to the plaintiff, is clamping down on the defendant even further, adding a shell company formed by BabyBus during the litigation as a judgment debtor.Japan BabyBus is the alter ego of BabyBus (Fujian) Network Technology and is equally responsible for the $17.9 million owed to Moonbug Entertainment for infringement of the copyrighted CoComelon children’s series, a US judge ruled this week....

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