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Post by Tony on Feb 24, 2005 11:02:48 GMT
Dan Glickman announced the measures on Thursday 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 (£16,300) per film.
Dan Glickman, head of the MPAA, said the lawsuits were necessary before high-speed internet access made downloading pirated films easier.
The MPAA said it would file hundreds of lawsuits from 16 November.
We know who they are, and we will go after them
Dan Glickman, MPAA
"This was not an easy decision, but it must be done now before illegal online file-sharing of movies spins out of control," said Glickman.
"Illegal movie trafficking represents the greatest threat to the economic basis of movie-making in its 110-year history."
The crackdown will target individuals who deal in illegally copied cinema products on file-swapping networks, as well as the pirates themselves.
Glickman added: "People who have been stealing our movies believe they are anonymous on the internet, and wouldn't be held responsible for their actions.
"They are wrong. We know who they are, and we will go after them, as these suits will prove."
The MPAA claims the US film industry loses more than $3bn every year in potential global revenue because of piracy.
But Glickman said the figure did not take into account the losses from thousands of illegal online downloads that were swapped every day.
The MPAA represents the seven major Hollywood film studios.
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Post by S on Jun 16, 2006 16:49:46 GMT
Interesting - can somebody tell me if they think this is just a deterent on its own, or is it actually possible for them to trace who sent who a film over MSN for example?
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Post by daboss on Jun 17, 2006 2:09:12 GMT
Interesting - can somebody tell me if they think this is just a deterent on its own, or is it actually possible for them to trace who sent who a film over MSN for example? Nowaday they can just about do anything Once they have your ip address your f**ked Don't u ever read in hte papers that the police etc can still see what was on your hard drive even after you've erasd everything & formatted it. only way out of the situation is to break the hard drive in half
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