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Movie Industry to sue File Sharers

Posted by samzenpus on from the juast-a-matter-of-time dept.

Wack Valenti writes "SiliconValley.com reports that the motion picture industry, taking a cue from the RIAA, is planning to file copyright infringement lawsuits against file sharers it says are illegally distributing movies online. The first suits could be filed as early as tomorrow."

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  1. Re:conspiracy theorists rejoice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    A Democrat President, with bi-partisan congressional support, passed both the DMCA and the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act.

    The Ninth Circuit is considered the most liberal in the country, and yet it has been very friendly to the members of the RIAA and MPAA.

    Poor government knows no party.

  2. For those of us with DVD burners it's REALLY simpl by ShatteredDream · · Score: 5, Informative

    Rent a DVD from blockbuster
    Play it with VideoLan client
    Open up dvd smartripper
    Rip the DVD
    Run the ripped files through DVD2One
    Burn to a DVD

    --
    Click here or a puppy gets stomped!
  3. Re:conspiracy theorists rejoice by TuballoyThunder · · Score: 5, Informative
    Actually it is not very interesting. One of the biggest advocates of the entertainment industry is Rep Howard Berman (D-CA). Some of the sponsors of the INDUCE Act are Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Paul Sarbanes (D-MD). You can click the names to see the top contributers. It is interesting to note that neither Stabenow or Sarbanes receives much (if any) money from the entertainment industry.

    Unless you have been living on Mars for the last eight months, you might have noticed that George Bush is not the darling of the entertainment industry. If you look at the top contributers not one of them are from the entertainment industry. One cannot say the same for John Kerry. The top contributors include Time Warner and Viacom. If you look at the RNC ($2.8M) and the DNC ($5.7M) who do you think is more beholden to the entertainment industry?

    I think it is obvious that the actions of the entertainment industry is independent of the occupant of the White House. The Democrats are as friendly to corporations as the Republicans. If you believe otherwise, then you have tasted to much of the Kool-Aid. I hope you voted Nader, because both the Democrats and the Republicans are not for you.

  4. Re:Wooooohooooo by bigberk · · Score: 4, Informative
    Glad I live in Canada and not some oppressed nation
    You're being overconfident. Both the Liberals and the NDP support ratification of WIPO which formed the DMCA in the US. If you think your politicians in Canada are protecting your right to fair use of media, you're wrong. Why not head on over to the digital-copyright forums and get involved; fight for your right to fair use of digital media.