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...Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) plans to begin taking legal action against people who pirate movies online, its president announced yesterday...
Although the music industry has filed lawsuits against hundreds of individuals accused of sharing music illegally, yesterday’s announcement marks a shift in policy for the MPAA, which had not yet filed suits against individuals...
...When we get a complaint from MPAA or the Music Publisher’s Association, we send off a note to the student. We can help them remove material, and they get a warning,” said Steen. “After the second offense, it’s college policy to disconnect that student’s access to the network...
Glickman said yesterday that in addition to filing suits, the MPAA also plans to use education as a means to combat illegal downloading...
...today's fast-paced websphere, any attempt to restrict content is probably doomed to failure anyway. Exhibit A: The MPAA sued the company 321 Studios into bankruptcy last year for producing a piece of DVD-copying software called DVD X Copy. So what happened? DVD Shrink, a free product that does the same job, started popping up on the Internet. Exhibit B: Even before the launch of TiVoToGo, the online cognoscenti have latched on to BitTorrent software for swapping TV shows. Privately, some movie bosses admit the industry is on the wrong track. "Studios can only bitch so much before...