[MW Forums]

The Motion Picture Association of America Inc. (MPAA) Tuesday announced that it has begun filing lawsuits against people who use peer-to-peer (P-to-P) software to trade movie files without permission over the Internet. The MPAA filed an unspecified number of lawsuits in courts across the U.S., seeking damages and injunctions against the P-to-P users. Under the U.S. Copyright Act, people can be liable for as much as US$30,000 for each movie traded over the Internet, and as much as $150,000 per movie if the infringement is proven to be willful. The trade group announced earlier this month it would begin to sue file traders. more

[jmincey]

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[montgomery_burns]

Didn't they also want to create computer viruses that erase downloaded files from people's hard drives? And didn't they also want to disavow any responsibility for collateral damage if their virus destroys other files on a person's computer?