MPAA files first suits against movie file-swappers
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The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced on Tuesday that it has begun filing lawsuits against people who use peer-to-peer (P2P) software to trade movie files without permission over the internet.
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Hollywood movie studios on Tuesday sued scores of operators of U.S.- and European-based computer servers that help relay digitized movie files across online file-sharing networks.
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Hollywood film studios are to sue people who swap pirated copies of films over the internet. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) said the civil suits would seek damages of up to $30,000 (Â£16,300) per film.
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LOS ANGELES  - The Motion Picture Assn.  of America has filed suit against two Web sites that it claims  are allowing Internet users to view pirated films, many of  which are still in theaters.
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com December 14, 2004, 11:46 AM PT. The Motion Picture Association of America launched a new legal campaign Tuesday targeting the BitTorrent and eDonkey file-swapping networks, two technologies widely used to trade movies online.
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Movie studios and the Motion  Picture Association of America said on Thursday they would sue  individuals suspected of illegally distributing movies over the  Internet.
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Movie studios and the Motion Picture Association of America said on Thursday they would sue individuals suspected of illegally distributing movies over the Internet.
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Facing a copyright lawsuit from MPAA, company is trying to avoid disclosing user information.
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Hollywood&#39;s top studios tried to knock the wind out of the sails of Internet movie pirates yesterday, filing the first wave of lawsuits against people they say are illegally sharing online copies of films.
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Taking a page from the recording industry&#39;s playbook, major Hollywood movie studios on Tuesday filed their first wave of lawsuits against people who shared free copies of movies over the Internet.
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The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) launched its initiative to file lawsuits against online movie traders on Tuesday.
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The Motion Picture Association of America yesterday filed its first wave of lawsuits against people it alleges have traded illegally copied movies online, a practice the MPAA says represents
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Following in the footsteps of the RIAA, the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) announced that they have began filing lawsuits against people who use peer-to-peer software to download copyrighted movies off the Internet.
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Hollywood film studios file their first wave of lawsuits against people in the US who trade pirated films online.
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Hollywood film studios are to sue individuals who swap pirated copies of films over the internet.
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A TRADE group representing seven movie studios has filed a wave of lawsuits against users offering pirated films using peer-to-peer (P2P) programs, announcing it plans software to find and delete movies, music and P2P programs.
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The movie industry announced yesterday it will file its first wave of lawsuits later this month against those it alleges are illegally sharing copyrighted films on the Internet, joining the music industry in its fight against piracy.