EFF sides with TorrentSpy in MPAA lawsuit
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Blog: Advocacy group intends to argue against judge's decision to force companies to turn over RAM information. Group fears digital phone conversations may not longer be private.
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The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has announced 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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(InfoWorld) - An Erie, Pennsylvania, man involved in a BitTorrent peer-to-peer network has pleaded guilty to copyright infringement and faces up to five years in prison and a US$250,000 fine, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said. Scott R. McCausland, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement and one count of criminal copyright infringement in violation of the Family Entertainment Copyright Act, the DOJ announced Tuesday. He's scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 12 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. McCausland was involved in a BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P-to-P) network previously known as Elite Torrents, the DOJ said. This guilty plea is part of the first U.S. criminal case focusing on a P-to-P network using the BitTorrent technology, the DOJ said. McCausland's conviction is the third in a series of convictions arising from Operation D-Elite, a federal crackdown against the first providers of pirated works to the Elite Torrents network. At its prime, the Elite Torrents network attracted more than 133,000 members and allowed the illegal distribution of more than 2 million copies of movies, software, music and games, the DOJ said. U.S. federal agents shut down the Elite Torrents network on May 25, 2005, seizing its main server and replacing its log-in Web page with the notice: "This site has been permanently shut down by the FBI and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement." Within the first week, the message was viewed more than a half a million times. The Elite Torrents P-to-P network offered a virtually unlimited content selection, including illegal copies of copyright works before their availability in retail stores or movie theaters, the DOJ said. For example, the network made available the final entry in the Star Wars series, "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith," more than six hours before it was first shown in theaters. In the next 24 hours, it was downloaded from the Elite Torrents network more than 10,000 times, the DOJ said.
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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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Technology News, A trade group representing seven major movie studios filed a first wave of lawsuits against individuals they say are offering pirated copies of films using peer-to-peer file-sharing programs.
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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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Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), formed by major Hollywood movie studios, said Thursday it seeks to sue computer users suspected of illegally distributing movies over the Internet.
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The Motion Picture Ass. of America (MPAA), along with its audio alternative, the Recording Industry Ass. of America (RIAA) are appealing against their failed appeal in a bid to make P2P software suppliers accountable for the actions of their users.
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SUING MACHINE, the RIAA is on the legal defensive after a P2P software company has accused it of nicking its technology. Altnet is suing the RIAA and several of its partners of pirating its patent covering
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Blog: Decision could mean companies may be compelled to turn over RAM data in civil cases. TorrentSpy vows to continue legal fight.
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Warning that film piracy represents an enormous threat to the movie industry, the Motion Picture Association of America announced that it plans to sue people for trading illegal digital copies of movies over the Internet.
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The Motion Picture Association of America has filed complaints in federal court against individuals accused of sharing pirated copies of films on the Internet.
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The Motion Picture Association of America sued YouTVpc and Peekvid.com, claiming they illegally post copyrighted material.
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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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The Motion Picture Association of America has escalated its hunt for Internet movie pirates with the filing of several lawsuits against individuals the MPAA says are distributing pirated movies.
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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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Slammed for touting unavailable but unlicensed content