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February 23rd, 2006 at 11:52 pm

MPAA Initiates Attack on File Sharing Sites

in: Hot Issues

Today’s lawsuits mark the first time the MPAA is
taking action against sites that enable users of Newsgroups to easily
find and download illegal content. Newsgroups are electronic bulletin
boards which in recent years have become a major source of pirated
content as users are able to attach movie, music and games files to
their messages. The following is a list of the sites being sued by the
MPAA and its member companies.

Isohunt.com, BTHub.com and
TorrentBox.com: These related Torrent sites facilitate downloads of
over 140,000 content items, including popular movies and television
shows such as Wedding Crashers, Lost and Desperate Housewives.

TorrentSpy.com is the world’s
most-visited site for obtaining infringing content using Torrent
software. The site offers over 160,000 content items including 27,182
movies, 21,130 TV shows and over 45,000 music items.

NiteShadow.com has over 24,000 registered
members and offers over 1,000 science-fiction TV and movie content
including Battlestar Galactica, Quantum Leap, Sliders, Stargate,
Babylon 5 and multiple Star Trek series.

eDonkey: Ed2k-It.com is a leading eDonkey
site, with over 46,000 registered site members. eDonkey sites provide
easy one-click access to specific content items on their peer-to-peer
network.

Newsgroups: NZB-Zone.com, BinNews.com and
DVDRs.net are membership-based websites that enable users of Newsgroups
to initiate easy downloads of infringing content. NZB-Zone offers over
3.3 million files, including Star Wars Episode III, Wedding Crashers,
Chronicles of Narnia, 40 Year-Old Virgin and King Kong; BinNews.com
offers files for over 3,000 movies; and DVDRs.net has over 37,000
members.

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