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Source: Film Industry Suing Computer Users

Wed Nov 3, 7:55 PM ET Movies - AP

By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer

LOS ANGELES - Taking a cue from recording companies, Hollywood movie studios are preparing to file copyright infringement lawsuits against computer users they say are illegally distributing movies online, a source familiar with the studios' plans said Wednesday.

The lawsuits will target movie fans who share digitized versions of films over peer-to-peer networks, with the first wave of litigation planned for as early as Thursday, according to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Like the recording industry, which began suing individual music file-sharers last year, the movie studios plan an ongoing litigation campaign, the source said.

The Motion Picture Association of America, which represents the major film studios, declined to comment Wednesday. But the organization issued a release saying MPAA president and chief executive Dan Glickman would be making "a major announcement regarding illegal file sharing of motion pictures on peer-to-peer networks" early Thursday.

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Banjo, I bet you must be feel lucky that you are canadian since it is legal for you to download music & movies.
 
I rarely download movies, I collect DVDs. It's a hobby of mine. :-/
 
Me either. I never download any movies. I rather to rent thru Netflix or buy from local stores.
 
geez... i better stop doing that.. i been downloding dozens of movies since i got new dvd recorder..
 
If you read carefully, it says that they plan to sue people who SHARE movies online. There's nothing that mentions DOWNLOADing movies. As long as you aren't sharing movies, you'll be fine. :thumb:

I'll just keep downloading what I want... as long as I'm now sharing what I downloaded. If those file-sharing programs require me to have a memory limit, I'll simply create a bunch of 5 MB wallpaper images.

I did that a few months ago. When I started using my second computer, I couldn't access the file-sharing hub. Their policy was that I had to be sharing over 100 MB worth of stuff in order to be able to get in. The previous user of this computer had downloaded hundreds of wallpaper images that were in JPG format. I simply opened each using MS Paint, then saved them in BMP format. Doing so increased the image size from 50 KB to 1.5 MB (some were up to 2.5 MB). This gave me the opportunity to get in the hub. :thumb:
 
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