MPAA Sues Websites Over Online Piracy
The Motion Picture Assn. of America escalated its battle against online piracy, filing lawsuits against six websites that allegedly helped people download bootlegged TV shows.
The studios’ trade group claimed that the sites enabled users of BitTorrent software, a popular file-sharing program, to find and copy TV shows and other copyrighted works.
Five of the sites were registered in the United States and the sixth, which specialized in Spanish-language programming, was registered in Spain.
Jon Healey
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