[ga] MPAA Lawsuits Target Movie Streaming Sites

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steven and all,

  Great article here!  I just again checked http://www.movierumor.com/
and the site has been suspended.  Seems that the MPAA got it's
way for the time being.

  Given the MPAA's history, I have some doubts about their
legal claim.  But time will tell that tale.  None the less, if either
of these sites were enguaged in pirating, they should be shut down
immediately.

See:
(July 29 & 30, 2008)
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has sued two websites
for allegedly streaming movies free-of-charge, including some new
releases, such as the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight.  One of the
sites, FOMDB.com, was no longer available as of Wednesday, but the
other, MovieRumor.com, was still showing pirated films.  The MPAA's
lawsuits allege the sites violated movie studios' copyrights; they seek
damages and ask that the court order the sites to shut down.
http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=209900532

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10001721-93.html
[Editor's Note (Northcutt): As part of my research for NewsBites I went
to MovieRumor to determine whether it was still possible to download
Dark Knight. The web page says "this account has been suspended"]

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