robyrob
11-17-2004, 10:20 AM
MPAA touts lawsuits, new P2P-fighting software
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5454939.html?tag=adnews
The Motion Picture Association of America said Tuesday that it filed an unspecified number of lawsuits against people who trade copyrighted movies online, following through on plans announced earlier in the month.
The organization also said it will release free software to help parents and other computer owners identify all the music, movie and peer-to-peer software files on their machines.
The trade group, which is following in the path of a similar legal strategy laid down by the Recording Industry Association of America, declined to say how many people it is suing or what file-swapping networks it's focusing on. However, an MPAA representative said suits will be brought across the United States and that this will be just the first of successive rounds of legal action against individuals.
"The motion-picture industry must pursue legal proceedings against people who are stealing our movies on the Internet," MPAA Chief Executive Officer Dan Glickman said in a statement. "The future of our industry, and of the hundreds of thousands of jobs it supports, must be protected from this kind of outright theft using all available means."
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5454939.html?tag=adnews
The Motion Picture Association of America said Tuesday that it filed an unspecified number of lawsuits against people who trade copyrighted movies online, following through on plans announced earlier in the month.
The organization also said it will release free software to help parents and other computer owners identify all the music, movie and peer-to-peer software files on their machines.
The trade group, which is following in the path of a similar legal strategy laid down by the Recording Industry Association of America, declined to say how many people it is suing or what file-swapping networks it's focusing on. However, an MPAA representative said suits will be brought across the United States and that this will be just the first of successive rounds of legal action against individuals.
"The motion-picture industry must pursue legal proceedings against people who are stealing our movies on the Internet," MPAA Chief Executive Officer Dan Glickman said in a statement. "The future of our industry, and of the hundreds of thousands of jobs it supports, must be protected from this kind of outright theft using all available means."
.... go to the site for the full story