Hollywood Targets File Swapping Networks
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The Motion Picture Association of America this week started an aggressive legal campaign against the eDonkey, BitTorrent, and DirectConnect file swapping services, filing suit against individuals operating servers for the peer-to-peer file swapping
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Hollywood film studios are to sue individuals who swap pirated copies of films over the internet.
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The US film industry is preparing to sue server operators in the United States and Europe that help relay movie files across file-sharing networks, a source familiar with the movie studios&#39; plans said.
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LOS ANGELES - Hollywood studios said Thursday they will file hundreds of lawsuits later this month against individuals who swap pirated copies of movies over the Internet.
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The major Hollywood movie studios today sued hundreds of people suspected of trading illegally copied movies on the Internet, a move closely modeled on the recording industry's aggressive legal campaign to stamp out music piracy.
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Hollywood movie studios, through the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), have today sued scores of operators of computer servers that help relay digitised movie files across online file-sharing networks.
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The battle of file swapping networks seems to be repeating itself today as a host of music companies sue Kazaaâs owners Sharman Networks over copyright infringement.
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BitTorrent, the company that maintains the popular file-sharing system of the same name, announced several deals on Wednesday with major movie studios and content producers, moving its service still closer to mainstream acceptance.
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Organizers of the Cinequest Film Festival have turned to file-sharing in an effort to attract a broader array of participants.
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Industry group will offer a free program to help users find and eliminate illegal files.
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The Motion Picture Association of America announced yesterday that it would shortly be following in the footsteps of the music industry and suing people who have illegally traded digital copies of films over the internet.
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ederal authorities searched computers in six locations yesterday in an attempt to disrupt a network used to trade copies of movies, software, games and music.
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Following the lead of record companies suing small-time song-swappers, The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is representing several Hollywood movie studios in the first wave of lawsuits against individuals who have downloaded and/or are
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The web portal is reportedly in talks with major record labels to begin selling or even giving away unprotected music files.
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Following the lead of record companies who curtailed rampant Internet piracy by targeting even small-time file swappers, Hollywood studios have launched a first wave of lawsuits against people who allegedly downloaded recent films such as "Spider-Man 2" and "Troy."
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LOS ANGELES -- A source said Hollywood studios are preparing to file copyright infringement lawsuits against people they say are illegally sharing movies online.
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In its continuing effort to move away from its roots as a popular method for the decentralized transfer of pirated content, BitTorrent said Monday it had launched a new content network with the help of several television and movie studios.