Mon, Feb 27 2006 4:49
Don
MPAA Sues Usenet, Torrent Search Sites
The Motion Picture Association of America has found a new target in
its war against piracy: search engines providing links to copyrighted
material. Although they distribute no files themselves, such sites are
a critical piece of the infrastructure that enables movie piracy, the
MPAA says.
Lawsuits were filed Thursday against: BinNews.com,
Torrentspy.com, IsoHunt, BTHub.com, TorrentBox.com, NiteShadow.com,
Ed2k-It.com, NZB-Zone.com, and DVDRs.net. The suits mark the first time
the MPAA has gone after Usenet related services, which have largely
been spared in the crackdown on illicit file sharing.
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